The autobiography as a space for the elaboration of the self

the self-writing of Carolina Maria de Jesus

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https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i23.62209

Abstract

This article aims to explore autobiographical writing, in which self-writing is included, as a tool that enables the construction and permanence of a subject's identity, drawing on the work of the Black author Carolina Maria de Jesus. To achieve this objective, an exploratory analysis was conducted on three of her books: Quarto de Despejo: Diário de uma Favelada (2014), Meu Sonho é Escrever (2018), and Diário de Bitita (1986). The theoretical framework of this study is based on authors such as Ângela de Castro Gomes (2004), Michel Foucault (1992), and Leonor Arfuch (2010). As possible conclusions, the study highlights the use of autobiographical writing as a means of creating traces that ensure the continuity of self-awareness and the dissidences revealed in Carolina de Jesus’s work.

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Ana Cristina Meneses de Sousa, Estadual University of Piauí

Professor of the History degree course at the State University of Piauí (UESPI). Professor of the Interdisciplinary Master's Degree in Society and Culture (PPSC) at UESPI. PhD in History in the research line of Culture and Memory from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). She supervises research in the area of History, Literature and Intellectuals.

Camilla Giovanna Alves do Nascimento, Estadual University of Piauí

Graduated in History from the State University of Piauí (UESPI). Former fellow of the Institutional Scientific Initiation Program (PIBIC/UESPI). She is developing research in the area of History and Literature, focusing on the works of the writer Carolina Maria de Jesus, addressing themes related to decoloniality and the writing of the self.

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2025-12-11

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Meneses de Sousa, A. C., & do Nascimento, C. G. A. . (2025). The autobiography as a space for the elaboration of the self: the self-writing of Carolina Maria de Jesus. Revista Periódicus, 1(23), 21–31. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i23.62209

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Vol. 1 No. 23 (2025): Self-narratives in spaces of (re)existence: arts, bodies, languages and "sudakas" dissident practices

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Dossier 23 - Self-narratives in spaces of (re)existence

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