Some considerations about the importance of race, gender and social class representation in a Spanish book

Abstract

This paper presents some considerations about the representation of images in relation to race, gender and social class of the Spanish textbook, 1º Libro do Ensino Médio from the collection: Síntesis (IVAN MARTÍN, 2010). The interest of this study was through discussions and reflections during a Master's course on the importance of analyzing the textbook as a pedagogical instrument. This discussion allowed us to reflect on “What is the relevance of visual representations in relation to race, gender and social class found in a Spanish textbook?”, which is our research question. To support us, we start from the study of Law 10.639 / 03 and its importance in the educational area and other research, such as Ferreira (2014), which presents reflections on the textbook policies and also their contributions on the social identities of race, gender, sexuality and class in textbooks. The methodology used was documentary and bibliographical analysis. The issues addressed in this paper from the analysis of the images in textbook Spintesis are relevant for enabling teachers to reflect on foreign language teaching / learning in a positive perspective when related to race, gender and social class contributing to the deconstruction of stereotypes denoting ideologies expressed in concepts of racism, prejudice and discrimination.