{"product_id":"um-defeito-de-cor-edicao-especial","title":"A Color Defect - Special Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA book that inspired Portela's samba enredo for the 2024 Carnival. A new edition of the contemporary classic, now accompanied by a dust jacket, \u003cem\u003eUm defeito de cor (A Defect of Color)\u003c\/em\u003e marks the meeting of two of the most acclaimed black women in the world of arts: writer Ana Maria Gonçalves and visual artist Rosana Paulino.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eWinner of the prestigious Casa de las Américas Award and included in \u003cem\u003eFolha de S.Paulo\u003c\/em\u003e 's list as the seventh among 200 most important books for understanding Brazil in its 200 years of independence, \u003cem\u003eUm defeito de cor\u003c\/em\u003e tells the saga of Kehinde, a black woman who, at the age of eight, is kidnapped in the Kingdom of Dahomey, present-day Benin, and brought to be enslaved on the Island of Itaparica, in Bahia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In the book, Kehinde recounts in detail her capture, her life as a slave, her loves, her disappointments, her suffering, her journeys in search of one of her sons, and her religious beliefs. She also explains how she obtained her letter of manumission and, upon returning to Africa, became a successful businesswoman, despite all the setbacks and adventures she endured. The character was inspired by Luísa Mahin, who was reportedly the mother of the poet Luís Gama and participated in the famous Malê Revolt, a movement led by Muslim slaves in favor of abolition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThis special edition, with a new graphic design, includes works by Rosana Paulino—a visual artist who participated in the Venice Biennale and whose work has been exhibited in major museums around the world, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon—and the previously unpublished Afrofuturist short story \"Ancestars,\" Ana Maria Gonçalves' first published narrative since the release of \u003cem\u003eUm defeito de cor (A Defect of Color)\u003c\/em\u003e . The blurb is written by award-winning writer Cidinha da Silva.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Based on intensive documentary research, \u003cem\u003eA Defect of Color\u003c\/em\u003e is an original and poignant portrait of the exploitation and struggle of Africans in the diaspora and their descendants during eight decades of the formation of Brazilian society. The book inspired a 2022 exhibition of the same name at the Rio Art Museum (MAR), curated by Amanda Bonan, Marcelo Campos, and Ana Maria Gonçalves herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\" \u003cem\u003eA Color Defect\u003c\/em\u003e , by Ana Maria Gonçalves, is a book that needs to be included in schools. It transformed me.\" - Fábio Porchat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “Written by Ana Maria Gonçalves from Minas Gerais, the book, a voracious read, captures the reader’s attention from the first to the last page.” - \u003cem\u003eGlamurama.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “In this book, Ana Maria Gonçalves creates a multi-significant cut in the protocols of representation of black people and blackness in Brazilian society and literature.” - Leda Maria Martins, researcher, essayist and retired professor at UFMG.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"A historical novel about the Black diaspora in Brazil. It presents itself as a counterpoint to the erasure of Black history. The first anti-slavery epic in Brazilian literature.\" - Luiz Fernando Carvalho, film and television director.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “With a feminine and modern perspective on a phenomenon that defines Brazilian life to this day, it is an essential book for understanding the country.” - Noemi Jaffe, writer, professor, and literary critic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159791976700,"sku":"9786555875683","price":209.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/4f495d717e3f7fd1921af94796a630d8_5e3ad9e6-d055-4507-84b9-db997507a0fd.jpg?v=1776891489","url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/products\/um-defeito-de-cor-edicao-especial","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}