Non-abject

The abject is considered to be abject because it threatens the non-abject that is, the clean and proper (Kristeva 1982).

Rather, abjection is revealing of the processes of exclusion that are central in the making of non-abject – in this case, white European or privileged Afropolitan – subjectivities.

By occupying non-abject, empowered roles, people in prison ultimately create non-abject existences.