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Dica de Livros
In search of me
Viola Davis's autobiographical book
I know why the bird sings in the cage
Maya Angelou's autobiographical book
All about love
The last book published by the great bell hooks
And am I not a woman?
bell hooks presents a deep analysis of racism and sexism that makes us reflect and question different movements.
African Mothers
African Mothers - bearers of culture, agents of social change
Two trips to Brazil
Women, Race and Class
"Women, Race and Class, by Angela Davis, is a fundamental work for understanding the nuances of oppression. Starting the book by discussing slavery and its effects, and the way in which black women were dehumanized, gives us an idea of the impossibility of thinking about a national project that disregards the centrality of the racial issue, since slave societies were founded on racism. Furthermore, the author shows the need for oppression to not be hierarchized, that is, how much it is necessary to consider the intersection of race, class and gender to enable a new model of society. Davis presents the debate on penal abolitionism as essential for confronting institutional racism."
Florbela - Poetic anthology
Collection of poems by the Portuguese poet, Florbela Espanca.
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Tenement
Macunaima
Macunaíma is a masterpiece by Mario de Andrade. First published in 1928. Macunaíma paints a Brazil that is anthropophagic of itself, based on myths of indigenous peoples of the Amazon region and with an extensive regional vocabulary. In commemoration of the centenary of the Modern Art Week of 1922.
The eternal son
Brazilian Indigenous Tales
"In the introduction to the book Contos indígenas brasileiros [Brazilian Indigenous Tales], published in 2004, the author, Daniel Munduruku, stated: “Brazil is a country of cultural and linguistic diversity. Here in our lands, more than 250 different peoples live together, speaking 180 languages and dialects, living in all the states of this immense country. There are more than 750 thousand people, according to the latest data from the IBGE [Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics], who seek to keep the flames of their tradition alive and maintain balance in their own lives.” The eight stories selected by the author, based on linguistic criteria, are intended to portray, through their myths – the theft of fire, the origin of tobacco, after the flood, among others – the journey of some of our indigenous peoples from the north to the south of the country – Guarani, Karajá, Munduruku, Tukano, among others. Reading these stories gives children a rich vision of our cultural heritage."
The Flowers of Evil
The Flowers of Evil is the masterpiece of the French poet Charles Baudelaire. Considered immoral for its time, the book stirred controversy and aroused hostility in the press. Baudelaire and his publisher were sued and, in addition to paying a fine, had to reprint the work, excluding poems from the first publication.
The reverse side of the skin
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A novel about identity and complex racial relations, about violence and blackness, O avesso da pele is a powerful work in the panorama of new Brazilian literary fiction.
Winner of the Jabuti Prize in the “Literary Novel” category.
See all formats and editions
A novel about identity and complex racial relations, about violence and blackness, O avesso da pele is a powerful work in the panorama of new Brazilian literary fiction.
Winner of the Jabuti Prize in the “Literary Novel” category.
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