On the Writing of Mobile Space in Waiting for the Barbarians
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as a catalyst for his artistic innovation. Through an analysis of mobile relational spaces, mobile cyberspace and mobile embodied space in
his novel Waiting for the Barbarians, this paper reveals how Coetzee employs spatial mobility to dismantle imperialist coding of space and
exposes the fluid power dynamics underlying the civilization-barbarism dichotomy. These spatial strategies reflect Coetzee’s incisive critique
of real-world contradictions while articulating his profound longing for future utopian spatiality.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ede.v4i2.14175
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