The work is an extensive treatise on the subject of abjection, [1] in which Kristeva draws on the theories of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan to examine horror, marginalization, castration, …

a new one: clean. At first, in Powers of Horror, the criteria of expository prose seemed to apply, but in several instances I began to have my doubts about this. When I asked Kristeva which …

Apr 21, 2009 · Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961, Horror in literature, Abjection in literature Publisher New York : Columbia University Press Collection internetarchivebooks; americana; …

Aug 7, 2024 · “Powers of Horror” has been influential in shaping critical discourse around gender, sexuality, and the representation of the abject in various forms of artistic expression. It …

There looms, within abjection, one of those violent, dark re- volts of being, directed against a threat that seems to emanate from an exorbitant outside or inside, ejected beyond the scope …

Kristeva opens Powers of Horror with a general overview of what she means by the term “abjection” and how the “abject” and the process of “abjection” differ, plus a slight introspection …

May 1, 1980 · What is this mysterious power behind the curtain of so many intense, uncomfortable emotions? It’s called abjection. It is the subject of Julia Kristeva's book, The …

In Powers of Horror, Julia Kristeva offers an extensive and profound consideration of the nature of abjection. Drawing on Freud and Lacan, she analyzes the nature of attitudes toward repulsive …