%0 Journal Article %T A LITERATURA INFANTOJUVENIL E A IDENTIDADE ¨¦TNICA: REPRESENTA ES DO NEGRO EM O CABELO DE LEL¨º %A Maisa Barbosa da Silva Cordeiro %J DLCV : L¨ªngua, Lingu¨ªstica & Literatura %D 2011 %I Universidade Federal da Para¨ªba %X The children¡¯s literature, with a view to meet the need of building a multicultural society, is reshaping the way they are represented ethnic minorities. In this sense, this article focuses on the analysis of the representation of black children. To this end, part of the work O cabelo de Lel¨º (BEL¨¦M, 2007) and seeks to hear, through a study of narrative, the path taken by the protagonist to know and assert their identity. For the study of the work are presented, initially, some theoretical reflections about the relationship between literature, discourse and identity, based mainly in Bhabha (1992) and Foucault (2007). Then, we go to the study of O cabelo de Lel¨º in the subtitle ¡°O cabelo de Lel¨º: representa o e valoriza o da identidade negra¡±. %K children¡¯s literature %K representation of black %K ethnic identity %U http://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs2/index.php/dclv/article/view/10787/7071