Based on the writings of Kristeva on the abject we will look at a range of women from Louise Bourgeois, to Mona Hatoum, to Marina Abramovic, Kara Walker, and Hannah Wilke.
Kristeva, Julia, and Leon S Roudiez. “Approaching Abjection.” In Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection, 1–31. New York, NY: Columbia Univ. Press, 2002.