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RODRIGUEZ BELTRAN, Joaquín. Identity is a Synecdoche: On Rafael Landívar's Rusticatio mexicana. Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2012, vol.33, n.132bis, pp.17-31. ISSN 2448-7554.

This article posits a mode of analyzing the ideology of identity that utilizes as its central concept the idea of synecdoche, which is applied in an examination of the specific case of Rafael Landívar's Rusticatio mexicana. It emphasizes the notion of identity on the discursive plane, thus making it susceptible to analysis in literary works.

Palavras-chave : Identity; Landívar; synecdoche; rhetoric; ideology.