Beauvoir and The second sex : feminism, race, and the origins of existentialism / Margaret A. Simons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simons, Margaret A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986. Deuxième sexe.

Beauvoir, Simone de.

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986--Criticism and interpretation.

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986.

Feminism.

Existentialism.

Race relations--Philosophy.

Race relations.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xx, 263 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [1999]

Summary:

In a compelling chronicle of her search to understand Beauvoir's philosophy in The Second Sex, Margaret A. Simons offers a unique perspective on Beauvoir's wide-ranging contribution to twentieth-century thought. She details the discovery of the origins of Beauvoir's existential philosophy in her hand-written diary from 1927; uncovers evidence of the sexist exclusion of Beauvoir from the philosophical canon; reveals evidence that the African-American writer Richard Wright provided Beauvoir with the theoretical model of oppression that she used in The Second Sex; shows the influence of The Second Sex in transforming Sartre's philosophy and in laying the theoretical foundations of radical feminism; and addresses feminist issues of racism, motherhood, and lesbian identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and index.

ISBN:

0847692566

0847692574

OCLC:

39614736