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Simone de Beauvoir : creating a feminist existence in the world / Sadrine Sanos.
Van Pelt Library PQ2603.E362 S26 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sanos, Sandrine, author.
- Series:
- World in a life
- The world in a life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986.
- Beauvoir, Simone de.
- Feminists--France--Biography.
- Feminists.
- Feminism.
- France.
- Feminism--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
- Other Title:
- Creating a feminist existence in the world
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- We live in a global age where big concepts like "globalization" often tempt us to forget the personal side of the past. The titles in The World in a Life series aim to revive these meaningful lives. Each one shows us what it was like to live on a world historical stage. Brief, inexpensive, and thematic, each book can be read in a week, fit within a wide range of curricula, and shed insight into a particular place or time. Four to six short primary sources at the end of each volume sharpen the reader's view of an individual's impact on world history. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 "The Dutiful Daughter": Obligations, Hopes, and Possibilities, 1909-1939 6
- 2 Living Through the War: Responsibilities and Choices, 1939-1944 30
- 3 Becoming an Author: Desires, Dialogues, and Engagement, 1945-1954 55
- 4 Being a Woman: The Making of a Feminist Philosophy, 1949 and After 84
- 5 Being Free in the World: Ethics and Engagement, 1954-1964 107
- 6 Acting in the World: Politics, Paradoxes, and Disillusions, 1961-1970 132
- 7 Reflecting on the World: Feminism, Fame, and Scandal, 1970-1986 159
- Primary Source Excerpts and Study Questions 189
- "An Eye for an Eye" (1946) 189
- Introduction to The Second Sex (1949) 193
- Introduction to Djamila Boupacha (1962) 197
- Chapter 7 from The Force of Circumstance (1963)-excerpt 200
- Introduction to The Bobigny Affair Report (1973) 203.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-2013) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190278090
- 0190278099
- OCLC:
- 946815839
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