"Quarto de despejo", de Carolina Maria de Jesus, por Aza Njeri | IMS no Vestibular

Aza Njeri discusses the formative context of writer and reader Carolina Maria de Jesus, the characteristics of this unique diary-style work, and the impact—and legacy—of "Quarto de Despejo" on all of Brazilian literature. *** Aza Njeri (Viviane Moraes) holds a PhD in African Literature from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), is a professor in the Department of Literature at PUC-RJ and a graduate student at the Instituto Pretos de Pesquisa e Memória Pretos Novos/RJ. Her work focuses on African and Afro-diaspora studies, and she shares her research on her YouTube channel @AzaNjeri. *** "IMS no Vestibular" is a project from the Literature department at IMS with a dual objective: to collaborate with high school students who will need to take the university entrance exam or ENEM (National High School Exam) and to promote great classics of Brazilian literature by authors curated by the Instituto Moreira Salles. Learn more at: https://ims.com.br/por-dentro-acervos... *** CREDITS Concept and organization Elizama Almeida Recruitment Laura Liuzzi Editing Clara Lopes Literature Coordinator/IMS Rachel Valença Literature Team/IMS Bruno Cosentino Danilo Bresciani Jane Leite Katya de Sá Leitão Manoela Purcell