A história de Maria, uma jovem que se tornou uma cuidadora-que-fala-confronta-e-esclarece: uma análise do processo de metamorfose na perspectiva da psicologia social

Abstract

This article is a theoretical discussion about the identity development of a communitarian leader from Sobral city, Ceará, Brazil. The study aimed to investigate the identity metamorphosis of this person and possible movements of identity alterization and emancipation. The study used qualitative methodology with the life history interview as research instrument. The analysis of the narrative was based on Ciampa’s identity theory, outlining the socialization-individuation process and the identity metamorphosis by making explicit the characters represented by the social actor. The narrative analysis revealed the role of family in the socialization of an individual socially engaged and critical regarding reality. Furthermore it revealed the replacement of a character which, on the contrary that Ciampa affirmed, did not implicate in the character fetishism, but in an emancipating process of alterization.