CFP: [Theory]
“Warner’s American Subject: A Psychoanalysis of the Displaced Subjectâ€
After America’s independence severed ties with England, America no
longer identifies itself as a colony of the empire but as a mixture of
numerous nationalities. For the displaced British loyalist who no longer
lives in Britain’s colony or belongs in British culture, creating an
American identity presents a problem for the former subject. The subject
views him or herself as a British subject rather than an American which
creates a state of ambivalence. America, the ‘melting pot,’ questions and
forms its identity due to the diversity of people migrating to the