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 Press Author(s): Julia Kristeva Translator: Leon Roudiez Number of pages: 248 Collection: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 139 x 216 x 17 Cover type: Paperback / softback