The phrase "about the subtext of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the underlying meaning or themes present in a text, conversation, or piece of art.
Example: "In her analysis, she delves deeply about the subtext of the novel, revealing hidden motivations of the characters."
Alternatives: "regarding the underlying meaning of" or "concerning the implicit themes of".
"We should have no illusions about the subtext of these hearings," he said.
In 2006, the two women had an on-air disagreement about the subtext of Wolf's memoir, The Treehouse.
Think about the subtext of your dialogue and remember that people often don't say what they want to say - or say the opposite of what they think.
And so, for younger voters at least, what's truly remarkable, for all the discussion about the subtext of race and gender in the campaign, is how much of an afterthought history has actually been.
What is so fascinating about the subtext of the novel is that Trollope clearly wanted to break convention, both as a novelist and a man, but the prevailing opinions of his day proved too strong for him, just as they did for his heroine.
"When you're giving your audience this little information to work when it comes to a specific character, it then becomes all about the subtext of the scene and if the animation that you're doing -- limited or not -- is actually supporting that subtext".
The question is whether the habit of reading maps as sociopolitical artifacts can generate something more complicated and coherent than mordantly ironic observations about the subtexts of specific maps — the scholarly equivalent of the running commentary that knowing college kids produce as they sprawl on couches and watch old television shows.
I would give you something [in a scene] and you'd be like, "Oh, thank you! What about this?" and that was the subtext of the scene.
Even though Mr. Simpson says that the Bushes avoided publicly criticizing Mr. Clinton about Monica Lewinsky, that is in fact the subtext of W.'s campaign -- restoring "honor and dignity" to the White House.
Indeed, rather than talk about how to exert American might -- the subtext of the famous Nixon-Kennedy debates in 1960 and so many of the cold-war-era debates that followed -- they spent much of the time politely warning of the foreign entanglements they might avoid.
It's the subtext of our worries about baby gates and the subject of posts like Peggy Orenstein's on the "overprotective impulse" and Randye Hoder's on negotiating her 13-year-old's social life.
