O racismo em Monteiro Lobato, segundo leituras de afogadilho

Abstract

This article is focused on recent debate on the works of Monteiro Lobato, analyzing the arguments outlined in three texts to have appeared in related publications as of 2010, with one article published in an academic journal (Dados) and two published in weekly publications sold at newspaper kiosks (Carta Capital and Bravo). The arguments sustained deconstruct Monteiro Lobato’s literary production, removing it from the pantheon of national names and reducing it to the label of ‘eugenist/racist’. The article highlights the qualitative differences between taking the work, contribution and thoughts of an author as a systematic object of study and the approaching of such questions in haste due to circumstantial pressures, conducting what in effect are superficial readings. In terms of methodology, the analysis is based on research instruments of a historical-sociological nature.