The limits of identity : politics and poetics in Latin America / Charles Hatfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hatfield, Charles Dean, 1977- author.

Series:

Border Hispanisms.

Border Hispanisms

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity--Latin America.

Group identity.

Latin America--Civilization.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Limits of Identity is a polemical critique of the repudiation of universalism and the theoretical commitment to identity and difference embedded in Latin American literary and cultural studies. Through original readings of foundational Latin American thinkers (such as José Martí and José Enrique Rodó) and contemporary theorists (such as John Beverley and Doris Sommer), Charles Hatfield reveals and challenges the anti-universalism that informs seemingly disparate theoretical projects. The Limits of Identity offers a critical reexamination of widely held conceptions of culture, ideology, interpretation, and history. The repudiation of universalism, Hatfield argues, creates a set of problems that are both theoretical and political. Even though the recognition of identity and difference is normally thought to be a form of resistance, The Limits of Identity claims that, in fact, the opposite is true.

Contents:

Culture

Beliefs

Meaning

Memory

Coda : a new Latin Americanism?.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4773-0544-0

OCLC:

925337237