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urn:uuid:f5893de5-e698-4086-985e-ae6f47512d46 03 15 9781805117513 00 EB E101 10 01 01 Broken Illness and Disability in Antônio Francisco Lisboa, Camilo Castelo Branco, Clarice Lispector, Victor Willing, Paula Rego and Ana Palma 1 A01 Maria Manuel Lisboa <p>Maria Manuel Lisboa holds a Personal Chair in Portuguese Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge. She lectures and supervises on Portuguese, Brazilian and Mozambican Literatures, Film and Art. This is her eighth monograph. The others cover Literature, Film and Art from Portugal and Brazil as well as a comparative one on the theme of Apocalypse. She is also the author of approximately seventy articles and book chapters on all these areas.</p> 01 eng 00 230 03 23 Illness and creativity 10 LIT004280 04 NX650.D59 23 Visual Arts 23 Disability studies 10 LIT004290 23 Psychology and Psychoanalysis 23 History 23 Mental health in art 10 SOC032000 23 Chronic illness 23 Literature 23 Gender and illness 23 Transnational literature 01 06 03 00 <p>'Broken: Illness and Disability in Antônio Francisco Lisboa, Camilo Castelo Branco, Clarice Lispector, Victor Willing, Paula Rego and Ana Palma' traces the lives and works of six major artists and writers from Portugal, Brazil, and Britain through the lens of 'being broken'—in body, mind, or both. Spanning from the eighteenth century to the present, the volume explores how sociopolitical and somatic factors such as mental illness, psychological abuse, arthritis, genital mutilation, and multiple sclerosis shaped their creativity, while also reflecting broader national, social, sexual, and political pressures. </p><p>Engaging both literature and visual art, the book offers an original and provocative perspective that unsettles conventional narratives of health, gender, and identity in Lusophone and transnational contexts. </p><p>By situating canonical figures alongside emerging voices, 'Broken' bridges generations and disciplines, revealing how art and fiction transform experiences of illness and disability into critical insights on society, history, and power.</p> 04 00 Acknowledgements Author’s Biography List of Illustrations A Note on Texts, Translations and Images Introduction: Faulty Merchandise 1. Little Cripples: Antônio Francisco Lisboa (‘O Aleijadinho’) 2. Camilo Castelo Branco’s A brasileira de Prazins: ‘When in Danger or in Doubt, Run in Circles, Scream and Shout’ 3. ‘I Know Where You Were Last Night’: Clarice Lispector or When Stars Become Supernovas 4. Victor Willing: Being There 5. Paula Rego: A Brick through a Window Never Comes with a Love Note 6. Menstrous/Monstrous: Bleeding, Amenorrhea and Feminine Hygiene in the Art of Ana Palma and Paula Rego INTERVIEWS AND RECOLLECTIONS Interview with Lila Nunes Interview with Ana Palma In memoriam: Paula Rego and the Stories Left Untold Helder Macedo (Translated by Maria Manuel Lisboa) Index Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers 04 01 20251211 02 WORLD 06 15 9781805117483 06 15 9781805117490 06 15 9781805117506 06 15 9781805117520 06 15 9781805117513 WORLD 09 Open Book Publishers 20 02 5.99 GBP WORLD