“There’s Something Wrong with You in the Head”: A Lacanian Reading of Justin Torres’s We the Animals
This article argues that the current critical consensus concerning Justin Torres’s We the Animals is mistaken in its assessment that the novel forges a liberatory pathway for queer individuals through radical displays of sexuality. Drawing from Lacanian psychoanalysis, it argues that the unnamed pro...
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| Main Author: | Michael Justine Sales |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Association for American Studies
2025-06-01
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| Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/23870 |
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