From "cultural metaphors" to "discursive metonymy" in Latin American criticism. Around the counterpoint between "hybridity" by Nestor Garcia Canclini and "migrant subject" by Antonio Cornejo Polar

Abstract

By contrasting the notions of "hybridity" proposed by Nestor Garcíaa Canclini and "migrant subject" by Antonio Cornejo Polar, this article interprets some of the changes experienced by Latin American criticism during the 1990s. The core problem in our analysis focuses on the shift from "metaphors", linked to culture, to discursive "metonymy", identified from the counterpoint before mentioned. For this purpose, we use some elements of analysis proposed by Ernesto Laclau in his rhetorical turn for political discussion.