{"product_id":"new-portuguese-letters-to-the-world-international-reception-9783034318938","title":"«New Portuguese Letters» to the World:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in 1972, \u003ci\u003eNew Portuguese Letters \u003c\/i\u003eaddressed censored issues – such as the colonial war, immigration, the Catholic Church, violence, and the legal and social status of women – becoming a symbol of resistance against the Fascist Portuguese regime. Privileging feminist approaches, this volume maps the reception of the book in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, the UK, Ireland, the USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia. The scandal that surrounded the banning of \u003ci\u003eNew Portuguese Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, under the accusation of ‘pornographic content’, and the trial of the three authors for ‘outraging public morals’, brought the case to the attention of the international community. The book found instant support from feminist movements and well-known writers – such as Simone de Beauvoir, Marguerite Duras, Doris Lessing, Iris Murdoch, Adrienne Rich and Anne Sexton – and was adopted as «the first international feminist cause».\u003cbr\u003e Given its great significance in political and aesthetic terms, \u003ci\u003eNew Portuguese Letters \u003c\/i\u003ewas – and remains – a fundamental work in contemporary literature and culture, offering an invaluable contribution to the history of women and raising crucial issues relevant for political agendas today, such as equality, justice and freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Ana Luísa Amaral\/Marinela Freitas: About «the three of us exposed to public view»: The Portuguese Response to \u003ci\u003eNew Portuguese Letters\u003c\/i\u003e – Ana Margarida Dias Martins\/Hilary Owen: Introduction to the Reception of \u003ci\u003eNew Portuguese Letters\u003c\/i\u003e: Ireland and United Kingdom – Adília Martins de Carvalho\/Agnès Levécot\/Catherine Dumas\/Inês Lima\/Sarah Carmo: \u003ci\u003eNew Portuguese Letters \u003c\/i\u003ein France: The Paradoxes of a Troubled Reception – Anna M. Klobucka: \u003ci\u003eNew Portuguese Letters \u003c\/i\u003ein the United States – Chatarina Edfeldt: Transnational Sisterhood and \u003ci\u003eNew Portuguese Letters\u003c\/i\u003e: Politics and Critical Reception in Sweden – Elena Losada Soler\/Sónia Rita Melo\/Cristina Guarro: \u003ci\u003eNew Portuguese Letters \u003c\/i\u003ein Spain: An Eloquent Silence – Livia Apa\/Roberto Vecchi: The Powerful Urgency to Reread \u003ci\u003eNew Portuguese Letters \u003c\/i\u003ein Italy – Teresa Pinheiro\/Anne-Kathrin Gläser\/Sara Anna Burmeister: The Three Marias «Have Broken out of the Cloister»: The Reception of \u003ci\u003eNew Portuguese Letters \u003c\/i\u003ein German-Speaking Countries.","brand":"Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043648995671,"sku":"9783034318938","price":58.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783034318938.jpg?v=1750959003","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/new-portuguese-letters-to-the-world-international-reception-9783034318938","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}