This article discusses images of poverty which appear in literature as well as in other languages, in a comparatist and deconstructive perspective of prejudiced and/or merciful views. The focus of the discussion is the concept of ecstasy (Bataille) and of glorious face (Arthur Omar). The objects are: A hora da estrela (Clarice Lispector), the photos of Migrations project (Sebastião Salgado) and the documentary film Estamira (Marcos Prado).
Ecstasy; glorious face; A hora da estrela; Êxodus; Estamira