The depiction of the image of the woman in the children's characters

Abstract

This research presents a study about the children 's perception about some children' s characters, influenced by what is disclosed in the media, about the princesses and elements covered in the productions, both cinematographic and television, and even in other digital or even physical media. In the field investigation data were collected with the second and fifth year classes of Elementary School of a private college, located in the dependencies of a private Faculty in Resende, Rio de Janeiro. Based on the elements researched, it was evidenced the importance that these stories have, given the difference of views, according to the age of the participants, in which the most experienced have a different view regarding the heroines of children's stories, as opposed to the younger ones. The question of updating education professionals also emerged from the research, since society is constantly changing and it is necessary to construct other teaching skills to deal with the new.

Keywords

• sociedade e mídia
• personagens infantis
• representação feminina.