TY - BOOK AU - Marques,Irene TI - Transnational Discourses on Class, Gender, and Cultural Identity T2 - Comparative Cultural Studies SN - 9781612491646 AV - PN3448.P6M37 2012 U1 - 809.3/93581 PY - 2011/// CY - West Lafayette, IN PB - Purdue University Press KW - Couto, Mia, 1955 Contos do nascer da terra KW - Saramago, José. Ano da morte de Ricardo Reis KW - Lispector, Clarice. Hora da estrela KW - Coetzee, J. M., 1940 Life & times of Michael K KW - Political fiction--History and criticism KW - Other (Philosophy) in literature KW - Identity (Psychology) in literature KW - Postcolonialism in literature KW - Language and languages in literature KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / African KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translations and Use of Abbreviations -- Introduction to Transnational Discourses on Class, Gender, and Cultural Identity -- Part One: The Bolder Politics of Agency -- Chapter One: The Politics of Agency in Couto -- Chapter Two: The Politics of Agency in Saramago -- Part Two: The Deeper Politics of Agency -- Chapter Three: Authenticity of Being as the Politics of Agency in Lispector -- Chapter Four: Authenticity in Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3119190 ER -