becoming-womanâ stands with âbecoming-animalâ and âbecoming-imperceptibleâ as a form of minoritarian-becoming. But there seems little to say about the peculiarities of becoming-woman rather than, say, becoming-insect. The transformation of identities so envisaged is clearly not the same as that envisaged in calls for emancipation and liberation; the blood pulsating through the macro-political enlightenment project of feminism. There are two main differences between, what might be called, the macro political project of feminism and the micro process âbecoming-womanâ. The ï¬rst difference concerns the nature of goaloriented activity. By deï¬ning âbecomingâ as indeterminate, Deleuze attempts to signal numerous possible outcomes given in an event. It could be argued that the feminist project closes down all but those that ï¬t with modern ideas of rights. While I remain unconvinced about this, as there are as many outcomes for the feminist project as there are feminists, it is the case that just about all feminisms posit a system whereby one identiï¬able group, men, beneï¬t from the oppression of another group, women. Whether this is presented in psychoanalytic, sociological or Becoming-Woman: A Flight into Abstraction 85 economic terms, there remains an underlying philosophical commitment to some form of identity and a political commitment
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Becoming-Woman: A Flight into Abstraction
Howie, Gillian
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Edinburgh University Press – Dec 1, 2008
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