| Edition |
Vintage Books edition. |
| Description |
xlii, 746 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Reprint of the 1953 ed. published by Knopf, New York. |
|
Translation of Le deuxième sexe. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Destiny. Data of biology -- Psychoanalytic point of view -- Point of view of historical materialism -- History. Nomads -- Early tillers of the soil -- Patriarchal times and classical antiquity -- Through the Middle Ages to eighteenth-century France -- Since the French revolution: the job and the vote -- Myths. Dreams, fears, idols -- Myth of woman in five authors -- Myth and reality -- Formative years. Childhood -- Young girl -- Sexual initiation -- Lesbian -- Situation. Married woman -- Mother -- Social life -- Prostitutes and hetairas -- From maturity to old age -- Woman's situation and character -- Justifications. Narcissist -- Woman in love -- Mystic -- Toward liberation. Independent woman. |
| Subject |
Women.
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| Added Title |
Deuxième sexe. English
|
| ISBN |
0679724516 |
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