File spoon-archives/french-feminism.archive/french-feminism_1996/96-06-15.140, message 125


Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 05:46:48 -0800
From: Diane Davis <dddavis-AT-infi.net>
Subject: Re: The Abject


Beth Wilson wrote:
> 
> Over on the Lyotard list recently, there was some discussion raising the
> idea of "the abject" as it appears in Kristeva's work.  I was wondering if
> anyone on the list could help provide me a starting place to dig into this
> concept a bit more -- maybe some thumbnail sketch, plus a few pertinent
> references for my further edification?
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Beth E. Wilson
> SUNY New Paltz

Hi beth. I think Kristeva's _Powers of Horror_ is a good intro to her notion of 
the abject.  Great read, too.  

Diane Davis
dddavis-AT-infi.net


   

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