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Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection

Journal article · 1984 · Cited by 7,112

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Abstract

I. Approaching Abjection2. Something to Be Scared Of3. From Filth to Defilement4. Semiotics of Biblical Abomination5... Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi6. C line: Neither Actor nor Martyr7. Suffering and Horror8. Those Females Who Can Wreck the Infinite9. Ours to Jew or Die10. In the Beginning and Without End...11. Powers of Horror

DOI: 10.2307/3684782 · Publisher: Project MUSE

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