%0 Journal Article
%T Cartographies of Desire: An Approach to L¨ªdia Jorge's O Jardim sem Limites
%A Silva
%A L¨ªgia
%J Ellipsis
%D 2005
%I American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA)
%X In this paper, I examine the use of classic Hollywood film in L¨ªdia Jorge's fiction, drawing particularly on her novel O Jardim sem Limites. This study draws on the theories of Deleuze and Guattari, to examine the incorporation of film as an art form and as a form of mass communication and consumption. Weaving a narrative by continually unweaving it, L¨ªdia Jorge uses the images of cartography and/as rhizome to characterise her writing, which thus effects a movement of de/reterritorialization. Consequently her text lends itself to being read through Deleuze and Guattari's notion of ¡°nomadic art.¡± I discuss how storytelling can be used in fiction and cinema in an anti-representational mode to mobilise what Deleuze and Guattari call ¡°the powers of the false.¡± These ¡°powers¡± are examined in the novel as a narrative strategy for subverting traditional modes of representation as L¨ªdia Jorge uses the invention of a group of people to reflect on Portuguese society in the late 80s. Finally, I argue that Deleuze and Guattari's concept of ¡°nomadic art¡± is given not only a political, but also an ethical function, which is clearly evinced in O Jardim sem Limites.
%K L¨ªdia Jorge
%K Portuguese literature
%K film and literature
%U http://www.ellipsis-apsa.com/Volume_3-Silva_files/Silva_ellipsis_3_2005.pdf