The second sex
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The second sex
Alfred A. Knopf, 2010
1st American ed
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Deuxième sexe
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"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