REPRESENTATIONS OF CHILDHOOD IN MEMOIRS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES - MINAS GERAIS (1900-1960)

This article examines the experiences of childhood rebuilt in autobiographies and memoirs written by people who lived this period of life, in Minas Gerais, between 1900 and 1960. It aims to analyse how different affiliations - gender, social class, race/ethnicity, geographic origin - can influence the construction of representations of childhood. We used as sources twelve memoirs and autobiographies, as well as demographic data for the period. Based on studies of sociology and historiography, the article shows the existence of multiple childhoods engendered by different interactions between the child and the different historical and socio-cultural contexts.

history of childhood; memoirs and autobiographies; history of education