Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 16:36:21 +1100 (EST) From: Catherine Driscoll <s_cad1-AT-eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> Subject: _Newly Born Woman_ As the list isn't very busy, I was wondering if anyone can help trace the following reference in Catherine Clement's section of _La Jeune Nee_: "Let's borrow from a philosopher what we need to prepare for our departure: 'The parthogenetic virgin remains the living matrix of last night's philosophy: the girl, a minor, is hesitating before the troubling, free space of her majority.' She has loosened herself from the looks fixed upon her attacks; she has loosened herself from the ties that bound her to the showmen of she-bears: Simon Magus, Jean Bodin, Charcot, a certain Freud... all the masters. She, like the sorceress, is going to fly away. But this time, one will know what she becomes." (page 57 of the English translation). I want to trace the reference for this embedded quote, what "philosopher" is she borrowing from? Girls, minorities and majorities sound like Deleuze, but I don't recall any virgins and the "living matrix" doesn't sound right. Any ideas? Catherine Driscoll University of Melbourne Australia
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