The Psychological Construction of Racial Superiority in James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man

Abstract: This article analyses the psychological construction of racial superiority in The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man. It shows how white characters psychologically succeed in professing and claiming superiority over black characters. Psychoanalysis, the literary theory used for our analys...

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Published in:	Ziglôbitha
Main Author:	Geoffroy Junior Aka N’goran AMAN
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ziglôbitha 2023-10-01
Online Access:	https://www.ziglobitha.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/011-Art.-Geoffroy-Junior-Aka-Ngoran-AMAN-pp.143-156.pdf

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