TY - BOOK ID - 143479798 TI - The Limits of Identity PY - 2021 SN - 9781477305447 1477305440 9781477305454 1477305459 9781477305430 1477305432 9781477307298 147730729X PB - Austin DB - UniCat KW - Group identity KW - Latin America KW - Civilization. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:143479798 AB - 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. ER -