TY - JOUR

T1 - "Things that stay"

T2 - feminist theory, duration and the future

AU - Coleman, Rebecca

N1 - “The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Time & Society, 17 (1), 2008, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2008 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Time & Society page: http://tas.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/

PY - 2008/3

Y1 - 2008/3

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - becoming • bodies • duration • feminist theory • temporality

U2 - 10.1177/0961463X07086303

DO - 10.1177/0961463X07086303

M3 - Journal article

VL - 17

SP - 85

EP - 102

JO - Time and Society

JF - Time and Society

SN - 1461-7463

IS - 1

ER -