Snack Episode 8: The Horror of Abjection (In 4 Minutes)

Just in time for the Spooky Holidays, our newest Short-Form Snack Episode invites back Charlotte Scurlock to teach us the history and use of the horror genre term: abjection. 

Some cool links for further inquiry:

Julia Kristeva, Powers of Horror: http://digitalmedia.arts.ufl.edu/~jack/home/images/archive/6/60/20160825003818%21Kristevapowersofhorrorabjection.pdf

 

Barbara Creed, The Monstrous-Feminine: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780429236143/monstrous-feminine-barbara-creed