Abstract

Between 1961 and 1962, Carolina Maria de Jesus travelled to Argentina, Uruguay and Chile to promote her book Quarto de despejo (Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus). The record of her journey was published in the appendix of Casa de Ladrillo, under the title Diario de viaje. This article presents the writings on her travels through Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba and Mendoza. In addition, the paper discusses the effects caused by a Black intellectual in transit through Latin America. In dialogue with theorists of ethno-racial issues, we seek to demonstrate the importance of the Brazilian author’s international tour in providing legitimacy to Black people as traveling and intellectual bodies that think of the region from their base. The discussion proves relevant given the need to expand studies on the narratives of black women in displacement.

Keywords:
Latin American literature; Brazilian literature; Carolina Maria de Jesus; displacements