Interprets the director's oeuvre through the methodological lens of Julia Kristeva's notions of the abject and the semiotic chora. It addresses the entirety of Zulawski's filmography and not just his genre films.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I: Landscapes of Affect, Chapter 1: Kristeva and Zulawski, Chapter 2: Zulawski and Ideology, Chapter 3: The Maternal, Chapter 4: Landscapes of Affect, Part II: Abject Cinema, Chapter 5: Children Are An Ism, Chapter 6: Coenesthesia, Chapter 7: Borders, Chapter 8: Performance, Chapter 9: Loss of Subjecthood, Chapter 10: Returning to the Womb, Chapter 11: The Image of Film Violence, Chapter 12: The Sight of a Corpse, Part III: Unfathomable, Darkness - A Conclusion, Index.