Pouvoirs de L'horreur (English)Powers of Horror is an excellent introduction to an aspect of contemporary French literature which has been allowed to become somewhat neglected in the current emphasis on para-philosophical modes of discourse." |
Contents
iii | |
SOMETHING TO BE SCARED OF | 22 |
FROM FILTH TO DEFILEMENT | 46 |
SEMIOTICS OF BIBLICAL ABOMINATION | 80 |
QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI | 103 |
CÉLINE NEITHER ACTOR NOR MARTYR | 123 |
SUFFERING AND HORROR | 130 |
THOSE FEMALES WHO CAN WRECK THE INFINITE | 147 |
OURS TO JEW OR DIE | 164 |
IN THE BEGINNING AND WITHOUT END | 178 |
POWERS OF HORROR | 197 |
NOTES | 201 |
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abjection ambivalent anti-Semitism apocalyptic appears archaic beauty becomes biblical text blood body catharsis Célinian clean and proper confrontation constituted contrary corpse death defilement desire dietary difference discourse displaced divine drive emotion endogamy enunciation everything fantasy fascination father fear feminine flesh Freud Freudian Georges Bataille hallucination hand heterogeneous horror identity impurity incest introjection jouissance Journey Julia Kristeva L'Herne language Le Tréport Letter to Hindus Leviticus logic Louis-Ferdinand Céline Mary Douglas maternal matrilineal matter means metaphor moral mother murder mytheme narcissism narrative nevertheless Oedipus Oedipus at Colonus Oedipus the King perhaps perversion pharmakos phobia pollution primary narcissism prohibition pure/impure purity relation religion repression rhythm Rigadoon rites ritual sacred sacrifice scription sentence separation sexual signifier social speaking subject speech structure sublime superego symbolic syntactic taboo takes theme thing threatening turns unto woman words writing
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The Imperative of Health: Public Health and the Regulated Body Deborah Lupton No preview available - 1995 |