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On ne naît pas femme : on le devient : the life of a sentence / Bonnie Mann and Martina Ferrari.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986.
- Beauvoir, Simone de.
- Feminist theory.
- Feminism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 362 pages)
- Other Title:
- On le devient
- Life of a sentence
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- This collection of essays takes up the most famous feminist sentence ever written, Simone de Beauvoir's "On ne naît pas femme: on le devient," finding in it a flashpoint that galvanizes feminist thinking and action in multiple dimensions. Since its publication, the sentence has inspired feminist thinking and action in many different cultural and linguistic contexts. Two entangled controversies emerge in the life of this sentence: a controversy over the practice of translation and a controversy over the nature and status of sexual difference. This book examines both conflicts.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 19, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-067801-1
- 0-19-060883-8
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