Writing prejudices

By Robert Samuels

Subjects: American literature, african american authors, history and criticism, Racisme dans la littérature, English, European, Psychanalyse et littérature, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English Literature, Criticism and interpretation, Homophobia in literature, Prejudices in literature, LITERARY CRITICISM, Racism in literature, Psychoanalysis and literature, Discrimination in literature, History and criticism, Languages & Literatures, English literature, Préjugés dans la littérature, Theory

Description: "Writing Prejudices addresses critical attempts to undermine prejudice through education in general, and literary studies in particular. Robert Samuels argues that these attempts often fail because they do not take into account the different forms of prejudice, the role played by homophobia in racism and sexism, the structure of what Lacan calls symbolic castration, and the unconscious foundations of cultural formations. Addressing these deficiencies, Samuels uses psychoanalytic theory to examine the manifestations of racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, and homophobia in the works of Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Joseph Conard, and Toni Morrison, showing how these distinct modes of oppression feed off of each other and the diverse ways that cultural critics can work to undermine them."--BOOK JACKET.