Silent Women in Coetzee's Disgrace.
In Disgrace, Coetzee portrays the post-apartheid situation in South Africa with its many political and social changes when the black people acquired their newfound freedom and control. In spite of people's expectation for a better life, the situation keeps getting worse not only for black women but...
| Published in: | International Journal of the Humanities Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 321 - 328 |
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Common Ground Research Networks
2010
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