Gender, Sexual Violence, and the Reconfiguration of Power in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace (1999), set in the unsettled landscape of post-apartheid South Africa, brings gender, sexuality, race, historical memory, and political transition into an uneasy relationship. This paper examines the novel’s two central episodes of sexual violation: David Lurie’s coercive sexual relationship wi...