Abjection and representation : an exploration of abjection in the visual arts, film and literature / Rina Arya.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Arya, Rina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kristeva, Julia, 1941- Pouvoirs de l'horreur--English.

Kristeva, Julia.

Abjection in literature.

Abjection in motion pictures.

Abject art.

Genre:

Notated music.

Physical Description:

xi, 231 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Exploration of abjection in the visual arts, film and literature

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

"Abjection 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. 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. 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."--Back cover.

Contents:

Unpacking abjection

A cultural history of abjection

Recovering the sacred : the abject body

Abjection in the visual arts

The formless

Abjection and film

Abjection in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-221) and index.

ISBN:

9780230389335

0230389333

OCLC:

870285355