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The Speaking Abject in Kristeva's Powers of Horror. Thea Harrington. Philosophy. Hypatia. 1998. This essay analyzes the implications of the performative aspects of Julia Kristeva's Powers of Horror by situating this work in the context of similar aspects of her previous work. This construction…. Expand. 24.
21 de abr. de 2009 · Powers of horror : an essay on abjection by Kristeva, Julia, 1941-Publication date 1982 Topics Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961, Horror in literature ...
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This year, I decided to focus on a less common but equally apt work in the canon of horror: the linguist and psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva’s classic work on abjection, Pouvoirs de l’horreur (Powers of Horror). Kristeva’s objective in this book-length essay is to address the role of abjection as a psychosocial property and a literary device.
1 de mai. de 1980 · Powers of Horror is an excellent introduction to an aspect of contemporary French literature which has been allowed to become somewhat neglected in the current emphasis on paraphilosophical modes of discourse. The sections on Céline, for example, are indispensable reading for those interested in this writer and place him within a context that ...
27 de out. de 2022 · Such reactions denote the ‘powers of horror’: the revulsion evoked by, for example, defecation, vomit, bodily fluids, rancid odours, filth, but also pregnancy and childbirth (Kristeva, 1982). The different body in front of me, perhaps a transgendered one ( James, 2020 ), might in some cases unsettle my own sense of bodily integrity.
26 de mar. de 2024 · Julia Kristeva’s Powers of Horror, which theorizes the notion of the ‘abject’ in a series of blisteringly insightful analyses, is as relevant, as necessary, and as courageous today as it seemed in 1984. Dazzling.
