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Three modern Maria's weave tales, poems and meditations about modern women's lives.
This volume maps the reception of New Portuguese Letters in Portugal and abroad, with a mainly feminist approach. The ban on the book, deemed scandalous, and trial of the authors found instant international support abroad. An invaluable contribution to the history of women, the book is still relevant today for its insights on equality and freedom.
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This landmark book brings together, for the first time in English, translations of 75 poems by the renowned Portuguese poet Maria Teresa Horta. The poems are presented in their original Portuguese with facing-page English translation by prize-winning poet Lesley Saunders.
Este livro tem tanto de gênio literário quanto de resistência ao Portugal fascista de 1971. Partindo do clássico Lettres Portugaises, as "três Marias" reclamam o direito à plenitude da existência política, econômica, social, cultural e sexual das mulheres. E fazem-no de uma forma, a todos os níveis, revolucionária. Subvertendo o conceito tradicional de autoria, as três amigas vão se escrevendo cartas, contos, ficções, poemas, ensaios, que compõem um todo dificilmente categorizável e extremamente inovador. Os textos enfrentam o gasto Império de cinco séculos, a exaurida guerra colonial com os seus horrores e mortos, a inefável Censura, a hipócrita subordinação dos cidad...
The first major collection of the poems of Ana Luisa Amaral to be published in English, considered to be one of the foremost Portuguese poets of her day. With a translation by acclaimed translator Margaret Jull Costa. "
Forges a new understanding of how these two Lusophone nations are connected. The closely entwined histories of Portugal and Brazil remain key references for understanding developments--past and present--in either country. Accordingly, Fernando Arenas considers Portugal and Brazil in relation to one another in this exploration of changing definitions of nationhood, subjectivity, and utopias in both cultures. Examining the two nations' shared language and histories as well as their cultural, social, and political points of divergence, Arenas pursues these definitive changes through the realms of literature, intellectual thought, popular culture, and political discourse. Both Brazil and Portuga...
Personal life-history accounts of three Portuguese women.
K is the story of a father who searches for his daughter, disappeared during the millitary dictatorship in Brazil. The first Brazillian edition sold out in a few weeks, and was shortlisted for many literary awards.
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