What is it about?
An examination of the foreign as fetish in James, in light of Laplanche's concept of the enigmatic message and its call for "translation." This is how James works through both maternal seduction and a sense of subjectivity as the experience of homelessness.
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Why is it important?
As fantasies of national identity become ever more powerful on today's political scene, James' systematic deconstructions of such are more timely than ever.
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This page is a summary of: The Mother's Tongue: Seduction, Authenticity, and Interference in The Ambassadors, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/upo9780748630875.004.
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