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Narratives of Disability and Illness in the Fiction of J. M. Coetzee

Narratives of Disability and Illness in the Fiction of J. M. Coetzee

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J. M. Coetzee's fiction is analyzed in this study to show how his depictions of disability offer a critique of ableist implications of political violence and neoliberal inclusionism. Wojtas explores various notions such as ocularnormativism, mute speech, eco-disability, disability Gothic, dismodernism, autogerontography, and bibliotherapy to demonstrate how Coetzee's 'disabled textuality provokes a sustained meditation on various forms of cultural denigration of disability experience.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 01 March 2024
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

J. M. Coetzee's fiction, encompassing his novels from the South African and Australian periods, is examined in this study to highlight his evolving engagement with the complexities of non-normative embodiment. Paweł Wojtas' monograph delves into Coetzee's multifaceted portrayals of disability, revealing their profound critique of the ableist implications of political violence and neoliberal inclusionism. Through a comprehensive exploration of concepts such as ocularnormativism, mute speech, eco-disability, disability Gothic, dismodernism, autogerontography, and bibliotherapy, Wojtas demonstrates how Coetzee's 'disabled textuality' prompts a sustained reflection on various forms of cultural denigration of disability experiences.

Weight: 626g
Dimension: 163 x 242 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399522571

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