An edition of Le Deuxième Sexe (1949)

The second sex

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An edition of Le Deuxième Sexe (1949)

The second sex

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  • ★★★★ 4.0 (16 ratings) ·
  • 556 Want to read
  • 57 Currently reading
  • 30 Have read

Woman's past and contemporary situation in Western culture is the focus of a detailed and uninhibited analysis of womanhood.

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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
786

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Subjects

Women, Sex, Feminism, Sexual Behavior, Non-Fiction, Gender, Gender Studies, Theory, Philosophy, Sociology, Classics, Cultural, France, Sexuality, Economics, Biology, Deuxième sexe (Beauvoir, Simone de), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, New York Times reviewed, Féminisme, Society, Social sciences, Women's studies, Teori, filosofi, Genus (socialt kön), Hq1208 .b352 1989, Reference, Dictionaries, Sex role

People

Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), Judith Thurman

Places

France

Times

20th Century

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. xviii-xix) and index.
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1953.

Published in
New York
Series
Everyman's library ;
Translation Of
Le Deuxième Sexe
Translated From
French

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.4
Library of Congress
HQ1208 .B35213 1993, HQ1208 .B352 1993

Contributors

Translator
H.M. Parshley
Editor
H.M. Parshley
Introduction
Margaret Crosland

The Physical Object

Pagination
lv, 786 p. ;
Number of pages
786

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1745004M
ISBN 10
0679420169
LCCN
92054303
OCLC/WorldCat
26974524
LibraryThing
5493
Goodreads
8497

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL767941W
Wikidata
Q470098
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Work Description

The Second Sex (French: Le Deuxième Sexe) is a 1949 book by the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women throughout history. Beauvoir researched and wrote the book in about 14 months between 1946 and 1949. She published the work in two volumes: Facts and Myths (Les faits et les mythes), and Lived Experience (L’expérience vécue). Some chapters first appeared in the journal Les Temps modernes. One of Beauvoir’s best-known books, The Second Sex is often regarded as a major work of feminist philosophy, and as the starting inspiration point of second-wave feminism.

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Woman? Very simple, say the fanciers of simple formulas: she is a womb, an ovary; she is a female-this word is sufficient to define her.
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