| Description |
lv, 786 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Everyman's library ; 137
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| Note |
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1953. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page xviii-xix) and index. |
| Summary |
Woman's past and contemporary situation in Western culture is the focus of a detailed and uninhibited analysis of womanhood. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Select bibliography -- Chronology -- Author's introduction -- bk. 1. Facts and myths -- pt. I. Destiny -- I. The data of biology -- II. The psychoanalytic point of view -- III. The point of view of historical materialism -- pt. II. History -- IV. The Nomads -- V. Early tillers of the soil -- VI. Patriarchal times and classical antiquity -- VII. Through the Middle Ages to eighteenth-century France -- VIII. Since the French Revolution : the job and the vote -- pt. III. Myths -- IX. Dreams, fears, idols -- X. The myth of woman in five authors -- 1. Montherlant or the bread of disgust -- 2. D.H. Lawrence or phallic pride -- 3. Claudel and the handmaid of the lord -- 4. Breton or poetry -- 5. Stendhal or the romantic of reality -- 6. Summary -- XI. Myth and reality -- bk. 2. Woman's life today -- pt. IV. The formative years -- XII. Childhood -- XIII. The young girl -- XIV. Sexual initiation -- XV. The lesbian -- pt. V. Situation -- XVI. The married woman -- XVII. The mother -- XVIII. Social life -- XIX. Prostitutes and hetairas -- XX. From maturity to old age -- XXI. Woman's situation and character -- pt. VI. Justifications -- XXII. The narcissist -- XXIII. The woman in love -- XXIV. The mystic -- pt. VII. Toward liberation -- XXV. The independent woman -- Conclusion -- Index. |
| Subject |
Women.
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| Added Author |
Parshley, H. M. (Howard Madison), 1884-1953.
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| Added Title |
Deuxième sexe. English
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986. Deuxième sexe. English. Second sex. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1993 (OCoLC)607379382 |
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Online version: Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986. Deuxième sexe. English. Second sex. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1993 (OCoLC)608152127 |
| ISBN |
0679420169 |
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9780679420163 |
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9781857151374 |
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1857151372 |
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