A FOME PARA ALÉM DO ESTÔMAGO: DENÚNCIA, SUBJETIVIDADE E ESCRITA EM CAROLINA MARIA DE JESUS

Abstract

The book Quarto de despejo, by brazilian writer Carolina Maria de Jesus, published in 1960, reports the daily life of a black woman, resident of the extinct favela of Canindé, located in the city of São Paulo. Through pulsating, critical and visceral writing, Carolina denounces the ills and violence faced by favela residents, revealing the contrast that separated the “well-to-do” who lived on the asphalt and the “miserable” who lived on the hill. In Dump Room, we follow reports from Carolina's diary that begin at the end of 1955 and end in 1960. Woman, black, single mother, collector of recyclable materials, voracious reader, writer, poet, thinker and intelectual, Carolina reveals all these facets in the analyzed work. In the struggle to raise three children alone, Carolina Maria de Jesus denounces the hunger that makes her stomach hurt, but in addition to physical hunger, the writer with her unique sensitivity reveals other hungers: the hunger for rights, the hunger for justice, the hunger for equality and respect, the hunger to have Br+azil governed by politicians who really thought about the people, the hunger to enable a better future for her and her children, the hunger to live in a brick house, the hunger to be a recognized writer and valued for its great talent, without being annihilated by racism. Aiming to arouse interest in the literature of black authors, thus contributing in a way that the academic community recognizes the study of the intellectual trajectory and works published by Carolina Maria de Jesus. The study, through reading and interpretation of the work, results in a deeper social view of the situation experienced by a black woman, a poor resident of a favela. To support the analyzes developed, we will rely on the theoretical support of Rafaella Fernandez (2018), Conceição Evaristo (2021), among others and others.