The Body, Desire and Storytelling in Novels by J. M. Coetzee (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures)

by Olfa Belgacem

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Asserting that Coetzee’s representation of the body as subject to dismemberment counters the colonial representation of the other’s body as exotic and erotically-charged, this study inspects the ambivalence pertaining to Coetzee’s embodied representation of the other and reveals the risks that come with such contrapuntal reiteration. Through the study of the narrative identity of the colonial other and her/his body’s representation, the book also unveils the author’s own authorial identity exposed through the repetitive narrative patterns and characterization choices.

  • ISBN10 0367002345
  • ISBN13 9780367002343
  • Publish Date 17 October 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 212
  • Language English