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The second sex / Simone de Beauvoir ; translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier ; with an introduction by Judith Thurman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986
- Standardized Title:
- Deuxième sexe. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Women.
- Feminist theory.
- Women's rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Edition:
- First Vintage Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Books, 2011.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction / Judith Thurman
- Translators' note
- Volume 1: Facts And Myths
- Introduction
- Part 1: Destiny
- Chapter 1: Biological data
- Chapter 2: Psychoanalytic point of view
- Chapter 3: Point of view of historical materialism
- Part 2: History
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Part 3: Myths
- 1: Montherlant or the bread of disgust
- 2: D H Lawrence or phallic pride
- 3: Claudel or the handmaiden of the lord
- 4: Breton or poetry
- 5: Stendhal or romancing the real
- 6
- Volume 2: Lived Experience
- Part 1: Formative years
- Chapter 1: Childhood
- Chapter 2: Girl
- Chapter 3: Sexual initiation
- Chapter 4: Lesbian
- Part 2: Situation
- Chapter 5: Married woman
- Chapter 6: Mother
- Chapter 7: Social life
- Chapter 8: Prostitutes and hetaeras
- Chapter 9: From maturity to old age
- Chapter 10: Woman's situation and character
- Part 3: Justifications
- Chapter 11: Narcissist
- Chapter 12: Woman in love
- Chapter 13: Mystic
- Part 4: Toward liberation
- Chapter 14: Independent woman
- Conclusion
- Selected sources
- Index.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Paris : Editions Gallimard, 1949.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986. Deuxième sexe. English. Second sex.
- ISBN:
- 9780307814531
- 030781453X
- Publisher Number:
- 99989363319
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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