Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus

Robert M. Levine has published seventeen books on Latin America, five of which have been translated and published there. He has chaired the Columbia University Seminar on Brazil and is past chair of the Committee on Brazilian Studies of the Conference on Latin American History. He is director of Latin American Studies at the University of Miami, Coral Gables. He was elected in 1995 a corresponding member of the Instituto Geográfico e Histörico in Rio de Janeiro. He has lectured in São Paulo, Goiânia, Natal, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Recife, and Salvador. He is co-editor of the Luso-Brazilian Review.

• Chapter 1 Childhood; Chapter 2 The Godmothers; Chapter 3 The Holiday; Chapter 4 Being Poor; Chapter 5 A Little History; Chapter 6 The Blacks; Chapter 7 My Family; Chapter 8 The City; Chapter 9 My Son-in-Law; Chapter 10 Grandfather’s Death; Chapter 11 School; Chapter 12 The Farm; Chapter 13 I Return to the City; Chapter 14 The Domestic; Chapter 15 Illness; Chapter 16 The Revolution; Chapter 17 The Rules of Hospitality; Chapter 18 Culture; Chapter 19 The Safe; Chapter 20 The Medium; Chapter 21 The Mistress; Chapter 22 Being a Cook; after Afterword;