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.Publisher: Columbia University PressAuthor(s): Julia KristevaTranslator: Leon RoudiezNumber of pages: 248Collection: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural CriticismPublication date: 2024Dimensions: 139 x 216 x 17Cover type: Paperback / softback