Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1, Approaching Abjection

1. In Chapter 1, Kristeva gives what kind of account of the abject?

2. What does Kristeva name as the chief features of the abject?

3. Kristeva says the abject is somewhere between being an object and what?

4. Kristeva says the abject is never considered to be what?

5. Kristeva says a person relates to his or her world through what?

6. According to Kristeva's definition of the abject, the abject cannot be acknowledged through what?

7. Kristeva compares the abject to the experience of looking at a corpse and seeing what?

8. According to Kristeva's definition of the abject, the abject is created from repressing what?

9. Kristeva accepts the psychoanalytic theories of...
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