S Brewster
Rites of defilement: abjection and the body politic in Northern Irish poetry
Brewster, S
Authors
Abstract
It might be argued that Northern Ireland--a territorial and signifying space whose meanings and boundaries have been so violently contested, a body politic sustained and racked by anomalous and permeable partition--has been in the condition of abjection since its foundation. Against this disorder, Northern Irish writing has often been posited as a purifying, redemptive force, able to 'hold a plea' with the rage of conflict and crisis. (1) Yet, for Julia Kristeva, it is literature that carries the full power of abjection into effect; all literature...
Citation
Brewster, S. (2005). Rites of defilement: abjection and the body politic in Northern Irish poetry. Irish University Review, 35(2), 304-319
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | Sep 22, 2005 |
| Deposit Date | Jan 23, 2009 |
| Journal | Irish University Review |
| Print ISSN | 0021-1427 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 304-319 |
| Publisher URL | http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb162/is_2_35/ai_n29232918 |