Abjection

I thought you'd all done Kristevan 'abjection' on your Theory core already, or I'd have spent a little longer on it in the lecture today. If you're a little unsure what it means, you could do a lot worse than to follow these links:

Here's a fairly straightforward definition.

This introductory account situates Kristeva's theory in its Lacanian theoretical context.

Here are some Google Books monographs that use the concept (sadly Kristeva's own Powers of Horror book isn't up for preview on Google Books).

And here's an applicaton of Kristeva's theory to Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber, and Keri Hulme's The Bone People (by Samantha Pentony).