Crossing the Borders of Identity Politics: Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee and Agaat by Marlene van Niekerk

This text seeks to rethink the relationship between literature and the gendered construction of national boundaries. It does so by proposing a reconsideration of the terms singularity, difference and literariness while analysing two talked-about and best-selling postcolonial novels, Disgrace (1999)...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The European journal of women's studies 2009-11, Vol.16 (4), p.309-323
1. Verfasser:	Buikema, Rosemarie
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Borders Boundaries Coetzee, J M (1940- ) Coetzee, J.M Cultural identity Decolonization Difference Feminism Identity Politics Literary criticism Literature Nationalism Niekerk, Marlene van Novels Politics Postcolonialism Reconciliation South Africa van Niekerk, Marlene (1954- ) Womens studies
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Zusammenfassung:	This text seeks to rethink the relationship between literature and the gendered construction of national boundaries. It does so by proposing a reconsideration of the terms singularity, difference and literariness while analysing two talked-about and best-selling postcolonial novels, Disgrace (1999) by J.M. Coetzee and Agaat (2004) by Marlene van Niekerk.
ISSN:	1350-5068 1461-7420
DOI:	10.1177/1350506809342615