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Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection · Julia Kristeva
POWERS OF HORROR > DEFILEMENT AS RITUAL RESCUE FROM PHOBIA AND PSYCHOSIS > EXCREMENTS AND MENSTRUAL BLOOD
Theoretical move: Kristeva establishes a structural typology of pollution objects — excremental vs. menstrual — that maps onto two distinct axes of identity-threat: external (ego vs. non-ego) and internal (within sexual/social identity), thereby grounding abjection in the logic of boundary-constitution rather than mere disgust.
they always relate to corporeal orifices as to so many landmarks parceling-constituting the body's territory