Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus

Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus

Author: Carolina Maria De Jesus

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-05-20

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1317475844

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Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), nicknamed Bitita, was a destitute black Brazilian woman born in the rural interior who migrated to the industrial city of Sao Paulo. This is her autobiography, which includes details about her experiences of race relations and sexual intimidation.


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Download or read book Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus written by Carolina Maria De Jesus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), nicknamed Bitita, was a destitute black Brazilian woman born in the rural interior who migrated to the industrial city of Sao Paulo. This is her autobiography, which includes details about her experiences of race relations and sexual intimidation.


The Life and Death of Carolina Maria de Jesus

The Life and Death of Carolina Maria de Jesus

Author: Robert M. Levine

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780826316486

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Robert Levine tells the story of Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), Brazilian, Black, illegitimate, extremely poor, and Brazil's best-selling author upon the publication of her journals.


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Download or read book The Life and Death of Carolina Maria de Jesus written by Robert M. Levine and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Levine tells the story of Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), Brazilian, Black, illegitimate, extremely poor, and Brazil's best-selling author upon the publication of her journals.


Child of the Dark

Child of the Dark

Author: C. M. de Jesus

Publisher:

Published: 1960

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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I'm Going to Have a Little House

I'm Going to Have a Little House

Author: Carolina Maria de Jesus

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780803225831

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"Never before published in English, Carolina's second diary, written in 1960-61, describes her life in the first year after the sudden (and, as it turned out, temporary) fame of Quarto de despejo (see HLAS 25:4741). Translated faithfully into English, evokes the often awkward style adopted by Carolina. Excellent afterword and notes"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.


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Download or read book I'm Going to Have a Little House written by Carolina Maria de Jesus and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Never before published in English, Carolina's second diary, written in 1960-61, describes her life in the first year after the sudden (and, as it turned out, temporary) fame of Quarto de despejo (see HLAS 25:4741). Translated faithfully into English, evokes the often awkward style adopted by Carolina. Excellent afterword and notes"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.


Child of the Dark

Child of the Dark

Author: Carolina Maria de Jesus

Publisher: Signet Classic

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 9780451529107

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An uneducated Black woman exposes the squalid living conditions and savage human relationships that she experienced in a Brazilian slum.


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Download or read book Child of the Dark written by Carolina Maria de Jesus and published by Signet Classic. This book was released on 2003 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An uneducated Black woman exposes the squalid living conditions and savage human relationships that she experienced in a Brazilian slum.


Child of the Dark

Child of the Dark

Author: Carolina Maria de Jesus

Publisher: Signet Book

Published: 1963

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Child of the Dark written by Carolina Maria de Jesus and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 1963 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:


The Unedited Diaries of Carolina Maria de Jesus

The Unedited Diaries of Carolina Maria de Jesus

Author: Carolina Maria de Jesus

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780813525709

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Carolina Maria de Jesus' book, Quarto de Despejo (The Trash Room), depicted the harsh life of the slums, but it also spoke of the author's pride in her blackness, her high moral standards, and her patriotism. More than a million copies of her diary are believed to have been sold worldwide. Yet many Brazilians refused to believe that someone like de Jesus could have written such a diary, with its complicated words (some of them misused) and often lyrical phrasing as she discussed world events. Doubters prefer to believe the book was either written by Audáulio Dantas, the enterprising newspaper reporter who discovered her, or that Dantas rewrote it so substantially that her book is a fraud. With the cooperation of de Jesus' daughter, recent research shows that although Dantas deleted considerable portions of the diary (as well as a second one), every word was de Jesus'. But Dantas did "create" a different Carolina from the woman who coped with her harsh life by putting things down on paper. This book sets the record straight by providing detailed translations of de Jesus' unedited diaries and explains why Brazilian elites were motivated to obscure her true personality and present her as something she was not. It is not only about the writer but about Brazil as recorded by her sarcastic pen. The diary entries in this book span from 1958 to 1966, five years beyond text previously known to exist. They show de Jesus as she was, preserving her Joycean stream-of-consciousness language and her pithy characterizations.


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Download or read book The Unedited Diaries of Carolina Maria de Jesus written by Carolina Maria de Jesus and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carolina Maria de Jesus' book, Quarto de Despejo (The Trash Room), depicted the harsh life of the slums, but it also spoke of the author's pride in her blackness, her high moral standards, and her patriotism. More than a million copies of her diary are believed to have been sold worldwide. Yet many Brazilians refused to believe that someone like de Jesus could have written such a diary, with its complicated words (some of them misused) and often lyrical phrasing as she discussed world events. Doubters prefer to believe the book was either written by Audáulio Dantas, the enterprising newspaper reporter who discovered her, or that Dantas rewrote it so substantially that her book is a fraud. With the cooperation of de Jesus' daughter, recent research shows that although Dantas deleted considerable portions of the diary (as well as a second one), every word was de Jesus'. But Dantas did "create" a different Carolina from the woman who coped with her harsh life by putting things down on paper. This book sets the record straight by providing detailed translations of de Jesus' unedited diaries and explains why Brazilian elites were motivated to obscure her true personality and present her as something she was not. It is not only about the writer but about Brazil as recorded by her sarcastic pen. The diary entries in this book span from 1958 to 1966, five years beyond text previously known to exist. They show de Jesus as she was, preserving her Joycean stream-of-consciousness language and her pithy characterizations.


Reyita

Reyita

Author: María de los Reyes Castillo Bueno

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780822325932

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Assisted by her daughter, Daisy Rubiera Castillo, the author recounts her life as a black woman struggling with prejudice and change in Cuba over the span of 90 years. Known as "Reyita", Maria de Los Reyes Castillo Bueno starts her story with the abduction of her grandmother by slave traders and shares her own experiences as a mother, laborer, and revolutionary.


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Download or read book Reyita written by María de los Reyes Castillo Bueno and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assisted by her daughter, Daisy Rubiera Castillo, the author recounts her life as a black woman struggling with prejudice and change in Cuba over the span of 90 years. Known as "Reyita", Maria de Los Reyes Castillo Bueno starts her story with the abduction of her grandmother by slave traders and shares her own experiences as a mother, laborer, and revolutionary.


Black Women’s Literature of the Americas

Black Women’s Literature of the Americas

Author: Tonia Leigh Wind

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-11-25

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1000479706

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Drawing on a range of historical and literary texts, this book examines how Black women under the yoke of slavery negotiated their sense of belonging and spirituality from a liminal position, stuck between a new life in the Americas, and their connections to their African ancestral roots and a wider diasporic community. The book investigates how Black women in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, the United States, and Brazil turned to their spiritual beliefs as a tool of resilience and resistance. These “griots” and “goddesses” are forced to negotiate complex issues such as race, gender, identity, maternity, sexuality, and belonging, from a liminal position that looks to both settle roots in a foreign land, and stay connected to ancestors and the Sacred. As these Black female protagonists turn to (re)memory and ancestral knowledge to map their connection with the Divine, they become mediators of worlds, and hybrid griots surpassing temporal and geographical boundaries. With important reflections on Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa’s Daughters of the Stone, and Ana Maria Gonçalves’s Um Defeito de Cor, amongst other texts, this book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers of comparative literature, religious studies, gender studies, and African diaspora studies.


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Download or read book Black Women’s Literature of the Americas written by Tonia Leigh Wind and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a range of historical and literary texts, this book examines how Black women under the yoke of slavery negotiated their sense of belonging and spirituality from a liminal position, stuck between a new life in the Americas, and their connections to their African ancestral roots and a wider diasporic community. The book investigates how Black women in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, the United States, and Brazil turned to their spiritual beliefs as a tool of resilience and resistance. These “griots” and “goddesses” are forced to negotiate complex issues such as race, gender, identity, maternity, sexuality, and belonging, from a liminal position that looks to both settle roots in a foreign land, and stay connected to ancestors and the Sacred. As these Black female protagonists turn to (re)memory and ancestral knowledge to map their connection with the Divine, they become mediators of worlds, and hybrid griots surpassing temporal and geographical boundaries. With important reflections on Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa’s Daughters of the Stone, and Ana Maria Gonçalves’s Um Defeito de Cor, amongst other texts, this book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers of comparative literature, religious studies, gender studies, and African diaspora studies.


Encyclopedia of Life Writing

Encyclopedia of Life Writing

Author: Margaretta Jolly

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-04

Total Pages: 1141

ISBN-13: 1136787445

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First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Life Writing written by Margaretta Jolly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 1141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.