My research project explores the circulation of Luso-Brazilian erotica spanning from the 1600s to approximately 1930. I use an interdisciplinary approach to intersect debates on erotica throughout various fields such as Literary Studies, Feminist Studies, Cultural Studies, History, and Sociology. My method consists in archival research to track licentious print materials, as well as licentious writers ostracized by the traditional Luso-Brazilian literary canon. I advocate for the term"licentious" as a broader descriptor to overcome conceptual limitations associated with terms like pornographic, erotic, and obscene, largely used by scholars. The focus on licentiousness does not dismiss the aforementioned categories. Rather, it enables me to assess how Luso-Brazilian literature portrays sex and sexuality across different cultural contexts. This approach represents an original contribution to the field of Literary Studies in four particular ways: (1) The focus on archival research–books, manuscripts, newspapers–contextualizes the dominance of institutionalized knowledge on canonical works that do not represent the diversity of Luso-Brazilian literature. (2) In association with the primary sources, I draw on cultural history (Chartier 1988) and the understanding of pornography as a way of reading (Moulton 2000) to grasp the reception of licentious texts regardless of authorship or literary affiliation. (3) It complements the Western erotica historiography, which has predominantly focused on French, English, and Italian contributions within the chosen timeframe. (4) While previous research privileges Luso-Brazilian erotica produced from the 1870s to the 1920s (El Far 2004), my research explores the transatlantic circulation of licentious texts between Portugal and Brazil prior to the typographic development of the 19th century.