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Utopias of Otherness This page intentionally left blank Utopias of Otherness Nationhood and Subjectivity in Portugal and Brazil Fernando Arenas University ofMinnesota Press Minneapolis London An earlier version ofchapter 3 appeared as “Writing after Paradise and before a Possible Dream:Brazil’s Caio Fernando Abreu,”Luso-Brazilian Review36 (1999):13–21;reprinted by permission ofthe University ofWisconsin Press. Parts ofchapter 3 also appeared in “Small Epiphanies in The Night ofthe World: The Writing ofCaio Fernando Abreu,”in Lusosex: Gender and Sexuality in the Portuguese-Speaking World,edited by Susan Canty Quinlan and Fernando Arenas (Minneapolis:University ofMinnesota Press,2002).An earlier version ofchapter 4 appeared as “For Time That Passes:Subjectivity,Nation,and Utopias in the Fiction ofMaria Isabel Barreno,”ellipsis1 (1999):25–44;reprinted by permission ofellipsis,the journal ofthe American Portuguese Studies Association at the University ofIllinois,Champaign/Urbana. Lyrics by Caetano Veloso are reprinted here with permission ofthe artist. Copyright 2003 by the Regents ofthe University ofMinnesota All rights reserved.No part ofthis publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means,electronic, mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without the prior written permission ofthe publisher. Published by the University ofMinnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South,Suite 290 Minneapolis,MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Arenas,Fernando,1963– Utopias ofotherness :nationhood and subjectivity in Portugal and Brazil / Fernando Arenas. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8166-3816-0 (HC :alk.paper) — ISBN 0-8166-3817-9 (alk. paper) 1. Portugal—Civilization—21st century. 2. Brazil—Civilization— 21st century. 3. Identity (Psychology). 4. Portuguese fiction— 20th century—Criticism and interpretation. 5. Brazilian fiction— 20th century—Criticism and interpretation. 6. Utopias in literature. 7. Literature and myth. 8. Difference (Psychology) in literature. I. Title. DP681 .A74 2003 869.3'4209353—dc21 2002014513 Printed in the United States ofAmerica on acid-free paper The University ofMinnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Greg,Maria João,Jorge,Beatriz,Juanpa,and Tico. Family in the World This page intentionally left blank [eu quero] um colo ou um berço ou um braço quente em torno ao meu pescoço...uma voz que canta baixo e parece querer fazer-me chorar...o ruído de lume na lareira...um calor no inverno...um extravio morno da minha consciência...e depois sem som,um sonho calmo num espaço enorme,como a lua rodando entre estrelas [I wish for] a lap or a cradle or a warm arm around my neck... a softly singing voice that seems to want to make me cry...the crackling offire in the fireplace...heat in the winter...a listless wandering ofmy consciousness...and then a calm soundless dream in a huge space,like the moon turning among the stars —Livro do desassossego(The book ofdisquietude),Fernando Pessoa de onde nem tempo nem espaço que a força mande coragem pra gente te dar carinho durante toda a viagem que realizas no nada através do qual carregas o nome da tua carne from where neither time nor space may a force bring with it courage so that we may give you love throughout the journey you undertake within nothingness and through which you carry the name ofyour flesh —“Terra”(Earth),Caetano Veloso This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction xv ONE Portugal:Ideas ofEmpire and Nationhood 1 TWO Brazilian National Identity: Intellectual Debates and Changing Cultural Realities 22 THREE Subjectivities and Homoerotic Desire in Contemporary Brazilian Fiction: The Nation ofCaio Fernando Abreu 42 FOUR Women’s Difference in Contemporary Portuguese Fiction: The Case ofMaria Isabel Barreno 66 FIVE Worlds in Transition and Utopias ofOtherness 87 Conclusions 126 Notes 131 Bibliography 161 Index 175
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