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An edition of The Second Sex (1949)

The second sex

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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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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
786

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Cover of: The Second Sex
The Second Sex
2011, Penguin Random House
in English
Cover of: The Second Sex
The Second Sex
May 03, 2011, Vintage
paperback
Cover of: The second sex
The second sex
2010, Alfred A. Knopf
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: The Second Sex
The Second Sex
August 7, 1997, Vintage
Cover of: The second sex
The second sex
1993, Alfred A. Knopf
in English
Cover of: The Second Sex
The Second Sex
December 17, 1989, Vintage
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Second Sex
The Second Sex
July 8, 1988, Picador
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: Le deuxième sexe
Le deuxième sexe
1986, Gallimard
in French
Cover of: The second sex.
The second sex.
1974, Vintage Books
in English
Cover of: The second sex
The second sex
1953, Knopf
in English - [1st American ed.]

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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

Contributors

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

The Physical Object

Pagination
lv, 786 p. ;
Number of pages
786

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1745004M
Internet Archive
secondsex0000beau_e9u7
ISBN 10
0679420169
LCCN
92054303
OCLC/WorldCat
26974524
Library Thing
5493
Goodreads
8497

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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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