Rape and the (animal) other: making monsters in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace
| dc.contributor.author | Moffat, Nicola Jane | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-24T12:37:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-24T12:37:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article proposes a new theoretical category, the “monstrative,” which is used both as a way to explain the performative acts that produce a monster and as a point of departure for feminist ontologies seeking a more positive model of identity formation. As such, I contrast monstrative acts, the theory of which is based on Judith Butler’s understanding of performativity, with a positive reading of Deleuzean becoming, which in turn is based on Rosi Braidotti’s feminist conceptualization of becoming-monster. In order to demonstrate both monstrativity and becoming-monster at work, I use J. M. Coetzee’s 1999 Booker Prize–winning novel Disgrace as an illustration of the monstrative acts of narrative discourse and rape, and the atoning effects of becoming-monster. I conclude that there are two types of monster: one that is produced through violent and injurious acts and another that is a hybrid being, made possible through sympathizing with the abject other. | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Moffat, N. (2018) 'Rape and the (animal) other: making monsters in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace', Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 43(2), pp. 401-423. doi: 10.1086/693553 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1086/693553 | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 423 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0097-9740 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1545-6943 | |
| dc.identifier.issued | 2 | |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 401 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/6881 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 43 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University Of Chicago Press | en |
| dc.relation.uri | https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/693553 | |
| dc.rights | © 2017, by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. | en |
| dc.subject | Monstrative | en |
| dc.subject | Performative Acts | en |
| dc.subject | Becoming-monster | en |
| dc.subject | Feminist | en |
| dc.title | Rape and the (animal) other: making monsters in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace | en |
| dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
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