Powers of Horror An Essay on Abjection |
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| Author:
| Kristeva, Julia
Roudiez, Leon S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-56141-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2024 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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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 subjects and examines the function of these topics in the writings of Celine, Proust, Joyce, and other authors.
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 subjects and examines the function of these topics in the writings of Celine, Proust, Joyce, and other authors.