Macunaíma: macumba – a literatura como interdisciplina; difusora da cultura afro-brasileira

Abstract

Our goal with this work is to show the intrinsic ability of literature to spread the indigenous, African and african-Brazilian cultures in schools, meeting a need to combat the various forms of existing discrimination in relation to then, as well as to these peoples and their descendants. Taking into consideration that the literature served as a means of defamation and devaluation of these cultures in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, our proposal is to show that it can spread their value and wealth instead, as opposed to how it was used in the periods mentioned above, "Macumba", in chapter seven of MACUNAÍMA, by Mário de Andrade, shows us this possibility.