O texto literário como espaço de memória em O crime do cais do Valongo, de Eliana Alves Cruz

Eliana Alves Cruz's novel O Crime do Cais do Valongo (2018) serves as a powerful tool for reclaiming and resignifying African ancestry in Brazil, challenging historical erasure of black people. The narrative merges fiction with history at the UNESCO-listed Valongo Wharf, offering a memorialist exercise that highlights the struggles and existence of black women, particularly through the lens of intersectionality—race and gender—central to Cruz's work. This literary approach provides evidence of the enduring impact of African heritage in Brazil while contributing to ongoing debates on memory and representation.

Rayane E Silva Muniz, D. (2025). The literary text as a space of memory in O Crime do Cais do Valongo, by Eliana Alves Cruz. Revista Cerrados, 34(69), 321–345. https://doi.org/10.26512/cerrados.v34i69.59758