“Why were we crucified into car mechanics?”: Masculine identity in Marlene van Niekerk’s Agaat
Critical commentary on Jak de Wet in Marlene van Niekerk’s Agaat centres on his being a patriarchal stereotype of Afrikaner nationalism. However, while his negative behaviour in the novel is undeniable, the construction of his masculine identity is mediated by the emasculated space in which he enact...
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Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association
2017-03-01
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| Series: | Tydskrif vir Letterkunde |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/1840 |