The paper presents an analisis and interpretation of a poem „Carta para Manuel Bandeira” written by Jorge Barbosa, in the light of the post-colonial theory. After a short introduction explaining the proximity between those two authors and their spaces, some questions about the intertextuality are raised in order to show reasons which led the Cape Verdean author to write a poetic letter to the Brasilian author.
The following paper deals with the subject of the presence of European immigrants called “polacas” in Brazilian history and points to some of their performances in the literature. It introduces the distinction between two feminine types – the Jewish woman, kidnapped to a brothel and the voluntary immigrant from the Eastern Europe – as well as makes a reference between their stereotypes and the image of the mulatto woman, being the latter an element already existing in Brazilian culture. The article reflects about the similarities and the differences between them, shaped by the patriarchal discourse and attemps an analysis of their literary images.
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