Utopias of otherness : nationhood and subjectivity in Portugal and Brazil /

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, Verg...

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Main Author: Arenas, Fernando, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2003.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxii, 179 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173) and index.
ISBN:9780816692910
0816692912
9780816638178
0816638179