Writings: (Dis)contentments and (dis)pleasures in an eviction room: Diary of a slum dweller by Carolina Maria de Jesus, 1960-2020

Abstract

In this article we present that the beginning of Carolina Maria de Jesus' marketable literary production took place after the publication of the work Quarto de Despejo: diário de uma favelada, in 1960. This study aims to provoke reflections, drawn from its commemorative edition (1960-2020); as a bibliographic research, with premises of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies. We seek to broaden the view of the historical-cultural, economic and social context of those directly involved in the publication, that is, the author, the editor and the publisher; in addition to other approaches to the literary context that involved this peripheral and marginalized writer. To this end, we anchored ourselves in the statements of CUNHA (2009); BRAGANÇA (2009); PERPETUA (2013 and 2020); BARCELLOS (2015); SANTOS (2018); NOAL (2019); LAJOLO (2020) and MEIHY (2020), among others.