Feminism, ecology and critical thought characterise Orfeu Negro's new releases in 2026
The start of the new year brings together key authors of contemporary critical thought.
Feminism, ecology and critical thought mark Orfeu Negro's new titles for 2026
Feminism, violence, decoloniality, ecology, race, art and freedom are the themes shaping Orfeu Negro's main editorial releases for 2026, which brings together key authors of contemporary critical thought such as Fran莽oise Verg猫s, Itziar Ziga and Jacques Ranci猫re.
The educator of women who was called 'a man of genius'
This analytical piece examines Maria Am谩lia Vaz de Carvalho as a pioneering educator of women whose public achievements were shadowed by private difficulties: her father鈥檚 harsh criticism of her poetry and her husband鈥檚 betrayal. Drawing on the narratives of Margarida Vila-Nova, Maria Jo茫o Lopo de Carvalho and Alexandre Borges, the article reassesses how a woman operating within a patriarchal literary culture came to be framed as 'a man of genius', and what that framing reveals about gender, authority and literary history.
