Date of Award
2-1-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Sonali Perera
Second Advisor
Jeremy Glick
Academic Program Adviser
Amy Robbins
Abstract
This thesis expands upon Achille Mbembe's theory on necropower and death-worlds to incorporate the consideration of gender. This is done using the lens of violence against women during South African apartheid and through an examination of two novels: Zoë Wicomb's David's Story and J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians.
Recommended Citation
Finley, Kate, ""Mute Flesh": Women's Death-Worlds in David's Story and Waiting for the Barbarians" (2019). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/394