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Lying, Spying, and Buying: A Desire to Civilize in The Soloist

Panel: 
Literature and the Other Arts
Abstract: 

I apply Freud’s analysis from Civilization and Its Discontents to Steve Lopez’s column in The Los Angeles Times and the book and film The Soloist in order to expose how when read together the the texts contradict notions of normalcy.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Tyechia
Last Name: 
Thompson
Institution: 
Howard University