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An edition of Le Deuxième Sexe (1949)

Le deuxième sexe

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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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Gallimard
Language
French
Pages
416

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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

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Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), Judith Thurman

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France

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20th Century

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[Paris]
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Collection Folio/essais

Classifications

Library of Congress
PQ2603.E362, HQ1208 .B35 2004

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Pagination
2 v. ;
Number of pages
416

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OL18434917M
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207032351X, 2070323528
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6313888, 20292072, 14174299
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7846699
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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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