Human Sovereignty Eclipsed? Toward a Posthumanist Reading of the Traumatized Subject in J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace

The main aim of this article is to analyse J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace (1999) from a posthumanist perspective. By focusing on the character David Lurie, this article analyses the complex materiality of bodies and the agentic powers of nonhuman entities in coping with individual trauma, where agency is n...

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Published in:	European review (Chichester, England) Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 397 - 410
Main Author:	İbrişim, Deniz Gündoğan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.06.2021
Subjects:	Animal shelters Apartheid Catalysts Coping Human subjects Humans Individualism Interdependence Post-apartheid era Posthumanism Public hearings Rape Reading Research subjects Sovereignty Trauma Traumatic incidents South Africa
ISSN:	1062-7987, 1474-0575
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