The second sex
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The second sex
Alfred A. Knopf, 2010
1st American ed
- hc
- Other Title
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Deuxième sexe
- Uniform Title
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"This translation originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape ... in 2009"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- I. Facts and myths. Destiny : Biological data ; The psychoanalytical point of view ; The point of view of historical materialism
- History
- Myths : Montherlant or the bread of disgust ; D. H. Lawrence or phallic pride ; Claudel or the handmaiden of the Lord ; Breton or poetry ; Stendhal or romancing the real
- II. Lived experience. Formative years : Childhood ; The girl ; Sexual initiation ; The lesbian
- Situation : The married woman ; The mother ; Social life ; Prostitutes and hetaeras ; From maturity to old age ; Woman's situation and character
- Justifications : The narcissist ; The woman in love ; the mystic
- Toward liberation : The independent woman