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The second sex / Simone de Beauvoir ; edited by H. M. Parshley ; translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier ; with an introduction by Sheila Rowbotham.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Vintage Books, c2009.Description: 762 pages, xxv, 822 pages. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 009974421x
  • 9780099744214
  • 9780099499381
Uniform titles:
  • Deuxième sexe. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.42 21
Contents:
Facts and myths. Destiny. Biological data -- Psychoanalytical point of view -- Point of view of historical materialism -- History -- Myths. Montherlant or the bread of disgust -- D. H. Lawrence or phallic pride -- Claudel or the handmaiden of the Lord -- Breton or poetry -- Stendhal or romancing the real -- Lived experience. Formative years : Childhood -- Girl -- Sexual initiation -- Lesbian -- Situation. Married woman -- Mother -- Social life -- Prostitutes and hetaeras -- From maturity to old age -- Woman's situation and character -- Justifications. Narcissist -- Woman in love -- Mystic -- Toward liberation. Independent woman.
Summary: 'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'. This book is suitable for those who believe in the equality of the sexes.
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Translation of Le deuxième sexe.
This ed. originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [801]-806) and index.

Facts and myths. Destiny. Biological data -- Psychoanalytical point of view -- Point of view of historical materialism -- History -- Myths. Montherlant or the bread of disgust -- D. H. Lawrence or phallic pride -- Claudel or the handmaiden of the Lord -- Breton or poetry -- Stendhal or romancing the real -- Lived experience. Formative years : Childhood -- Girl -- Sexual initiation -- Lesbian -- Situation. Married woman -- Mother -- Social life -- Prostitutes and hetaeras -- From maturity to old age -- Woman's situation and character -- Justifications. Narcissist -- Woman in love -- Mystic -- Toward liberation. Independent woman.

'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'. This book is suitable for those who believe in the equality of the sexes.

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