A foil for
Does "a foil for" in the following context mean "a cover for" or "a contrast to"?
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The use of ‘pidgin’ subjugates the black man as inferior, positioning him as that which is other to the white man, a foil for the white’s man’s own alienation from himself, which he disavows in his misrecognition of himself as superior and as synonymous with his ego ideal. The colonial gaze originates from this dialectic, reducing the threat signified by black skin as difference by situating the black man as primitive and inferior. (Art and Psychoanalysis by Maria Walsh).
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It can't mean a cover in such a setting. q=foil " n. 3.
- It can't mean a cover in such a setting.
- q=foil " n.
- 3.
- One that stands in contrast to and emphasizes the distinctive characteristics of another" The idea comes from gilding with gold leaf.
- It acquired its figurative meaning long ago.
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It can't mean a cover in such a setting.
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"n. 3. One that stands in contrast to and emphasizes the distinctive characteristics of another"
The idea comes from gilding with gold leaf. It acquired its figu
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