{"title":"Nei Lopes","description":"\u003cp\u003eNei Lopes (Rio de Janeiro, 1942) é bacharel em Direito e Ciências Sociais pela UFRJ e doutor \u003cem\u003ehonoris causa\u003c\/em\u003e por quatro prestigiosas universidades: UFRJ, UERJ, UFRRJ e UFRGS. Autor de mais de quarenta livros, incluindo ficção e poesia, assina também diversas obras de referência, como \u003cem\u003eEnciclopédia brasileira da diáspora africana\u003c\/em\u003e (Selo Negro) e \u003cem\u003eNovo dicionário banto do Brasil\u003c\/em\u003e (Pallas). Na música popular, sobretudo no samba, é compositor premiado, com parcerias renomadas e obras interpretadas por grandes artistas, como Alcione, Candeia, Clara Nunes, Dona Ivone Lara e Zeca Pagodinho. Recebeu a prestigiosa medalha da Ordem do Rio Branco pela importância de sua obra sobre cultura africana e afro-diaspórica. Pela Editora Civilização Brasileira, publicou \u003cem\u003eDicionário da história social do samba\u003c\/em\u003e, vencedor do Prêmio Jabuti de Livro do Ano de Não Ficção, e \u003cem\u003eFilosofias africanas: uma introdução\u003c\/em\u003e (ambos em parceria com Luiz Antonio Simas), além de \u003cem\u003eDicionário de direitos humanos e afins\u003c\/em\u003e e \u003cem\u003eDicionário da antiguidade africana\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dicionario-da-historia-social-do-samba","title":"Dictionary of the social history of samba","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDictionary of the Social History of Samba\u003c\/em\u003e , winner of the Jabuti Prize for Non-Fiction Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e An expression of Rio's marginal culture in the early 20th century, samba withstood decades of racism and aesthetic prejudice and became an inextricable part of Brazilian national identity. In this pioneering work, Nei Lopes and Luiz Antonio Simas—leading scholars of the subject—inscribe the value of Blackness and Black history in the creation and establishment of samba, as well as the ambiguous insertion of this musical culture into consumer society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eMore than simply describing concepts, in this important dictionary—which received the Jabuti Award for Nonfiction Book of the Year (2016)—the authors reconstruct the cultural memory of our country. The entries organize the plot of this narrative: the explicit repression of the early days; the samba schools, pagodes, and rodas as centers of resistance; the geographic distribution of these spaces; samba as a genre of popular music, with its multiple and diverse subgenres and styles and their regional differences. And, most importantly, they highlight the fundamental names that shaped this history: composers, instrumentalists, conductors, singers, dancers, set designers, directors, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn the words of Rachel Valença, writer and samba researcher: \"The great merit of Nei and Simas's book lies in the fact that it doesn't simply provide us with information (and lots of it!) about samba, its genres, and its exponents: it also leads us to reflect on the myths, prejudices, and half-truths that have accompanied samba throughout its victorious century-long trajectory. Reading it helps us better understand the society we live in, in which samba has established itself, resisting a limiting view of culture, identified with erudition, that saw it as folklore, as something picturesque, simply tolerated.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\"Amidst all this, Rio's urban samba survives, here and throughout Brazil, with its cunning strategies of resistance, seeking the difficult balance between renewal and preservation of its identity, which gives it the enormous strength that comes from its origins. A beautiful struggle to witness and experience, with advances and retreats, with swings and movements, with guile and wisdom, is what this book recounts in the form of entries that follow one another in history. It is worth reading and reflecting upon.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Social Dictionary of the History of Samba\u003c\/em\u003e is a reference work that deserves to be on the bookshelf of all those curious, interested, or aficionados of this very Brazilian rhythm!\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159401054460,"sku":"9788520012581","price":89.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/33e1b59bc978ef2d2d987234b34a2cd0.jpg?v=1780370706"},{"product_id":"filosofias-africanas","title":"African philosophies","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfrican Philosophies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eis a journey into African thought by the winners of the Jabuti Prize – Book of the Year.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn a broad sense, the term \"philosophy\" designates the pursuit of knowledge that began when human beings began to attempt to understand the world through reason. The term can also define the set of conceptions, practical or theoretical, about existence, beings, human beings, and each person's role in the Universe. In academic practice, it is used to designate the \"set of metaphysical conceptions (general and abstract) about the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The major criticism of attempts to characterize traditional African thought as philosophy is that, in Africa, the natives, faced with the great unknown that is the Universe, would be incapable of going beyond the fear and reverence typical of so-called “primitive” minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eFrom then on, so-called \"scientific racism,\" one of the pillars of 19th-century colonialism—discrediting the sources of African knowledge known since antiquity—denied the possibility of Africans producing philosophy. 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Truth or lies?\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n In the fictional Marangatu — capital of rumors, where any unfounded news spreads and \nmakes victims—in Baixada Fluminense, the samba schools, Candomblés, and the Catholic Church are nothing more than fantasies: the only real things are the criminal organizations and the hundreds of Pentecostal churches. These forces were unified, according to popular rumor, under the influence of the powerful Iaiá of Marangatu, a woman who was \"important, majestic, and envied,\" but merciless with her enemies. 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Coming from Irajá, in the northern zone of Rio de Janeiro, he graduated in law and became a federal prosecutor. He witnessed all the changes Rio de Janeiro underwent over the years: from the transfer of the capital to the interior of the country (and the ensuing disputes) to the emergence of new political—and religious—players in the city's dynamics. As Marcelo Moutinho noted in the book's blurb, Cicinho's journey \"reflects, in its individual microcosm, the trajectory of a country in permanent cataclysm [...], full of impasses, which Nei examines with verve and irony.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Nei Lopes has strived to produce fictional literature in which Black individuals and Black people in general are almost the absolute protagonists of his plots, always set in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. This book \u003cem\u003e, *A última volta do Rio*,\u003c\/em\u003e definitively consolidates the author's narrative power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\"The idea of the black president never left Maurício's mind. He knew Brazil had black men who were good at soccer, singers, dancers, nurses... But president of the Republic? How? The news then became the 'secret of the Castle' or 'the Esplanade.' Even today, although not officially a neighborhood, it's an important part of the city center. In fact, before the move, it was the center of downtown, housing the buildings where important decisions were made, where destinies were judged, where the most refined music was heard, the best foreign films were seen, the best draft beer was sipped, the most beautiful women were coveted, and the best-dressed men were envied. 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The 69 poems, most of them previously unpublished, transcend the trivialities that make earthly life a painful and suffocating martyrdom; they revere, with suburban humility, the mysteries that underpin hope and joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Recent poems mingle with others written between the 1960s and 1980s, \"saved from shipwrecks in the sea of youth.\" Together, the texts present the main themes of Nei Lopes's lyre: Afro-Indigenous, Caribbean, and African-American ancestry, the song of the Black diaspora, and the cosmology of the orishas; the cleverness of his delivery, the wordplay, and the ever-paced rhythm; childhood memories, his academic and street education, the games and lessons learned as a young man in the Irajá neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro; and, above all, the commitment reaffirmed in his verses to \"Poetry, Democracy, and Law.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eNei Lopes invites the audience to delve deeper into his extraordinary existence. An existence that transcends time, attuned to the most sophisticated aspects of the histories and customs of the Brazilian people, even those undermined by centuries of exclusion and persecution. If this sophistication is fully evident in \u003cem\u003e\"Oitentaculos\u003c\/em\u003e ,\" it is largely due to the poet's ability to weave yesterday into the present. As Muniz Sodré once said, \"Nei articulates himself in poetry and in life as a savior of tradition,\" for this selection of poems is also a reinterpretation of what is understood as erudition. Nei Lopes' poetry emerges from Brazilian culture as a perfect opportunity to parade his elegance and, thus, establish the certainty that his name will never be forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “Nei articulates himself in poetry and in life as a stimulator of tradition” – Muniz Sodré\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159734665468,"sku":"9786555876543","price":59.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/eb1ccbb588ddafffc7faf4b3f42260dd_36cfe65a-1b3e-4f73-bf0b-1fe10f3ae950.jpg?v=1778326979"},{"product_id":"o-preto-que-falava-iidiche","title":"The black man who spoke Yiddish","description":"The encounter of two degraded communities in Rio in the first half of the 20th century: Blacks and Jews. 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From Rio's Praça Onze to New York's East River, passing through Bahia, Porto Alegre, and distant Ethiopia, the author takes us on a fantastic journey.\n The author proposes a realistic and allegorical saga about one of the possible formations of the Brazilian people.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159762944252,"sku":"9788501113252","price":59.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/ee0051f1a1c648d18e2e2eadc6c6db4f.jpg?v=1778310421"},{"product_id":"tempo-aberto","title":"Open weather","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpen Time\u003c\/em\u003e brings together eight short stories by great Brazilian authors in celebration of Editora Record's 80th anniversary.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eOpen Time\u003c\/em\u003e brings together eight short stories, one for each decade of the last eighty years of Brazilian life, between 1942 and 2022, in a broad gallery of characters and themes that, in one way or another, represent us all. Under the often indirect but penetrating light of fiction, the individual, social, political, and existential questions of this historical period resurface here thanks to the talents of Alberto Mussa, Nélida Piñon, Francisco Azevedo, Antônio Torres, Carla Madeira, Nei Lopes, Claudia Lage, and Cristovão Tezza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn this grand sweep of Brazil's recent history, some important themes stand out: the now traditional violence of our cities, with a touch of the supernatural; the role of women in society; the opposition between dictatorship and counterculture, in Brazil and around the world; the reach of the military regime in the country's backlands; the awakening of youth during the period of redemocratization; the strength of popular culture on the eve of the digital revolution; the everyday pressures of the contemporary world; and, finally, the return of the far right to power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eOpen Time: Eight Decades in Eight Stories by Great Brazilian Authors\u003c\/em\u003e , organized in celebration of Editora Record's 80th anniversary, is a wonderful opportunity to explore the country's history through literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174501990652,"sku":"9786555875584","price":54.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/143f99b57d79e10d3f17526fedff8ff7.jpg?v=1778876473"},{"product_id":"rio-negro-50","title":"Rio Negro, 50","description":"A novel set in Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s, during the height of Black society's emergence. 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From this microcosm of the then capital of the Republic, where figures from Brazilian history, such as Dolores Duran and Abdias Nascimento, intersect in the delightful fictional creations of Nei Lopes, we journey through a decisive decade for the city of Rio de Janeiro and the emergence of Afro-Brazilian culture. • Renowned researcher, author, and interpreter of classic Brazilian music, Nei Lopes is the author of the novels *A lua triste descamba* and *Mandingas da “Mulata Velha” na Cidade Nova*, as well as important reference works on Afro-Brazilian culture, such as *Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora* and *Dictionary of African Antiquity*. In 2005, he received the Order of Cultural Merit from the federal government. 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And the untruth of this argument has been recognized since the decipherment, in the 19th century, of the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone, which prove the pre-existence of scientific knowledge on the African continent, beginning in Egypt, in relation to Greco-Latin societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThus, it reveals a panorama that began more than four millennia ago, with the emergence of the first African states. These kingdoms, from Lower and Upper Egypt, extended their power to Nubia, a region now belonging to the republics of Sudan and South Sudan, neighboring Ethiopia and Somalia—countries also notable protagonists of decisive historical trajectories. 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Mais do que palavras impressas no papel, as acepções aqui listadas têm implicações na vida prática.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA obra reúne quase 500 verbetes que explicam, em linguagem acessível, termos relacionados a esse vasto campo teórico e de práxis que assegura a dignidade a todas as pessoas, principalmente àquelas pertencentes a grupos não hegemônicos. E faz isso apresentando com a mesma clareza e profundidade tanto conceitos populares, como “periferia”, “discurso de ódio” e “samba”, quanto os que circulam mais restritamente, como “decolonialidade”, “Estado democrático de direito” e “lugar de fala”. É um livro para ter sempre à mão.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComo Carlos Alberto Medeiros afirma em seu prefácio, este \u003cem\u003eDicionário de direitos humanos e afins\u003c\/em\u003e “poderia ser descrito como manual antirreacionarismo, capaz de transmitir os princípios básicos a serem defendidos por todos aqueles que valorizam a convivência harmônica e o apoio mútuo entre os seres humanos”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Nei Braz Lopes. Substantivo próprio. […] As três letras do primeiro nome tornaram-se sinônimo de mestre.” – Flávia Oliveira, \u003cem\u003eO Globo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Entre crenças e sabedorias, africanas ou não, Lopes vai atestando seu compromisso com a democracia.” – Tom Farias, \u003cem\u003eFolha de S.Paulo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Com uma vasta produção […], Nei Lopes constrói uma obra que combina rigor intelectual com sensibilidade artística, atuando como ponte entre o saber acadêmico e os saberes tradicionais das comunidades afro-brasileiras.” – \u003cem\u003ePublishNews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Nei Lopes é um pensador fundamental. 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Reconhecendo a profundidade histórica e cultural das palavras – desde aquelas que usamos cotidianamente, como “atabaque”, “dengue” e “quindim”, até expressões mais específicas, como “efó” e “sassanha”, passando por termos que valem pequenos ensaios, como “carnaval” e “sincretismo” – o autor nos convida a descobrir as conexões entre língua, memória e resistência.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCom milhões de africanos trazidos pelo tráfico de escravizados a partir do século XV, vieram diversos saberes, práticas religiosas e culturais. Apesar da violência e da opressão, seus conhecimentos e suas tradições resistiram e se integraram à cultura local. No Brasil, deram origem a cultos como o candomblé e a umbanda; em outros países, manifestaram-se por meio de diversas outras expressões das religiões de matriz africana. 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