Utopias of otherness [[electronic resource] ] : nationhood and subjectivity in Portugal and Brazil / / Fernando Arenas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452230603321
• Autore: Arenas Fernando <1963->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003
• ISBN: 0-8166-9291-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 869.3/4209353
• Soggetti: Identity (Psychology); Portuguese fiction - 20th century - Criticism and interpretation; Brazilian fiction - 20th century - Criticism and interpretation; Utopias in literature; Literature and myth; Difference (Psychology) in literature; Electronic books.; Portugal Civilization 21st century; Brazil Civilization 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Portugal : ideas of empire and nationhood -- Brazilian national identity : intellectual debates and changing cultural realities -- Subjectivities and homoerotic desire in contemporary Brazilian fiction : the nation of Caio Fernando Abreu -- Women's difference in contemporary Portuguese fiction : the case of Maria Isabel Barreno -- Worlds in transition and utopias of otherness.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Utopias of Otherness, Fernando Arenas considers Portugal and Brazil, both subject to the economic, political, and cultural forces of postmodern globalization. Arenas analyzes responses to these trends in contemporary writers including José Saramago, Caio Fernando Abreu, Maria Isabel Barreno, Vergílio Ferreira, Clarice Lispector, and Maria Gabriela Llansol, ultimately revealing how these writers have redefined the concept of nationhood.