Seminar
Bajubá, the secret language of Brazilian travesties
Amara Moira (Escritora, professora de literatura e ativista brasileira)
March 25, 2026, 15h00 (GMT)
Online event
Amara Moira is a trans author with a PhD in literary criticism and theory, and her doctoral thesis focuses on James Joyce´s Ulysses. Her main works are the autobiography ‘(So What) If I'm a Puta: Diaries of Transness, Sex Work, Desire’, in which she writes about her experiences as a sex worker, and Neca: Romance em bajubá (Companhia das Letras, 2024), a novel written entirely in Bajubá, the language of resistance of the Brazilian trans community. In addition, she was the coordinator of the Museum of Sexual Diversity in São Paulo, where she currently resides.
Introduction and debate facilitator: Mariana Licori (PhD candidate in the Doctoral Programme ´Human Rights in Contemporary Societies´)
Activity within the scope of the Doctoral Programme ´Human Rights in Contemporary Societies´
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