The Maternal Abject Project

by Mireille Astore

sections
Introduction
The Abject
The Maternal Abject
Abjection in the Artistic Process
Construction of the work
 
The maternal abject and the works of Mary Kelly
The maternal abject and the works of Cindy Sherman
The maternal abject and the works of Gregory Crewdson
The maternal abject and the works of Joel-Peter Witkin
Constructing the abject in the works of Hieronymus Bosch
Naming the abject in the works of Paul Quinn
 
The personnal in politics
The "personal is political” in the works of Fiona Hall
The "personal is political” in the works of Mona Hatoum
Are mothers to blame?
Psychoanalysis, the Maternal abject and the works of Frida Kahlo
Psychoanalysis, the Maternal abject and the works of Louise Bourgeois
 
Conclusion
Bibliography
 
© Mireille Astore 2002