Olhares sobre o brasileiro: o jovem, a indústria cultural e os sentidos de nacionalidade

Abstract

This research is inserted into the reflexive context of contemporariness in which one search to comprehend the different processes of conformation of the identities, considering that the individual learn the cultural, political and social identities references in a diversified manner and influenced by the social historical context in which they live. In this context, it is also important to consider the incontestable presence of cultural products and images spread by the cultural industry, formers and informers of these identities. Among multiple possibilities and reflexive paths to where we are driven by contemporariness, lived experiences as a professor of History of Fundamental and High School influenced me to investigate the question of national identity. In this case, moved me profoundly the intention to comprehend the relation that the young people establish with the Brazilian nationality and this enchantment/ desire turned into the main question of this dissertation: how the young people appropriate of images of Brazilian present in the cultural industry? For that, I search to identify and analyze the references that 34 young students of Nossa Senhora do Carmo College use while looking to this nationality, trying to comprehend the dynamics of the appropriation of the school historic knowledge and the informations/ formations acquired from the cultural industry. In order to comprehend the sense of Brazilian that exist for these young students, I used individual interviews and interacted with the group in a virtual ambience, the blog, where images of Brazilian present in different contemporary media were posted. Based on concepts of contemporariness and identity processes (BAUMAN, 1999; 2010; 2011; HALL, 2006; GIDDENS, 2001; 2002), I search to establish a dialogue with the studies about culture and cultural industry of Cancllini (2008) e Martín-Barbero (1997; 2004). Also indispensable were the concepts of nation and nationality elaborated by Anderson (2008) and Hobsbawn (1990; 1994; 1998), as well as the realization of a historic cut (1920-1970) about the interpretations of Brazil and Brazilian nationality made by national writers, thinkers of our historiography. As theoretic guiders of Education, Bakhtin [Volochinov] (1988; 2003) and Vygotski (1987; 1988) were essential, as well as the theoretical of History (RÜSEN, 2001) and researchers of the teaching of History (CERRI, 2000; 2010; MIRANDA, 2008; 2011; ZAMBONI, 2003). The regards that the students did over the Brazilian put dimension on relevant aspects of the interaction they establish with the national stereotypes and about the use of technological media tools, analyzed in dialogue with the Teaching of History in contributing to question the manner how the young use the historic knowledge to learn the world.