It promotes rigour, intelligibility and cross-disciplinary understanding. Drawing on the work of Georges Bataille, Mary Douglas and other theorists, the book explores the significance and continuing development of abjection as a cultural code that is of interest to contemporary artists, writers and film theorists. Rina Arya provides an accessible, systematic and interdisciplinary exposition of abjection in psychoanalysis, the role that it occupies in society and its resonance in different cultural fields.
Although she does pull a lot on Freudian theory (which I don’t always agree with), she provides plenty of helpful insights into understanding abjection. Abjection in Literature Concluding Remarks.Ībjection and Representation is a theoretical investigation of the concept of abjection as expounded by Julia Kristeva in Powers of Horror (1982) and its application in various fields, including the visual arts, film and literature. Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection (1982) Julie Kristeva’s Powers of Horror is a massively important text for any scholar interested in horror or the abject. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p.
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