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`Things That Stay'
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Abstract Taking up Grosz's proposal for the `complexities of time and becoming' to be considered seriously, this article explores the status of time and the future within feminist theory through empirical research in which teenage girls describe things `staying'. Focusing on these `things that stay' and draw... view more
Taking up Grosz's proposal for the `complexities of time and becoming' to be considered seriously, this article explores the status of time and the future within feminist theory through empirical research in which teenage girls describe things `staying'. Focusing on these `things that stay' and drawing on Bergson's concepts of duration and the virtual, the article argues that time is dynamic and heterogeneous; things endure through divergence and transformation. It argues that if the relations of temporality are understood as both continuous and discontinuous, enduring and changing, feminist theory orients to the future in `novel' ways.... view less
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
becoming; bodies; duration; feminist theory; temporality;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 85-102
Journal
Time & Society, 17 (2008) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X07086303
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)