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Contents Acknowledgments ix Note on Translations and Use of Abbreviations xi Introduction to Transnational Discourses on Class, Gender, and Cultural Identity Irene Marques Part One The Bolder Politics of Agency Chapter One The Politics of Agency in Couto 13 Chapter Two The Politics of Agency in Saramago 55 Part Two The Deeper Politics of Agency Chapter Three Authenticity of Being as the Politics of Agency in Lispector 105 Chapter Four Authenticity in Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K 155 Conclusion 182 Works Cited 191 Index 203 ...