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The Second SexBeauvoir, Simone de http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/2nd-sex/index.htmhttp://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/2nd-sex/index.htm Publisher: Bantam Books, New York, USA Year Published: 1970 First Published: 1953 Pages: 705pp Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX7636 simone de Beauvoir explores what is is to be a woman from a multitude of perspectives: sexual, social, biological, historical. Abstract: - Table of Contents Introduction Book I: Facts and Myths Part I: Destiny 1. The Data of Biology 2. The Psychoanalytic Point of View 3. The Point of View of Historical Materialism Part II: History 4. The Nomads 5. Early Tillers of the Soil 6. Patriarchal Times and Classical Antiquity 7. Through the Middle Ages to 18th Century France 8. Since the French Revolution: the Job and the Vote Part III: Myths 9. Dreams, Fears, Idols 10. The Myth of Woman in Five Authors 11. Myth and Reality Book II: Woman's Life Today Part IV: The Formative Years 12. Childhood 13. The Young Girl 14. Sexual Initiation 15. The Lesbian Part V: Situation 16. The Married Woman 17. The Mother 18. Social Life 19. Prostitutes and Hetairas 20. From Maturity to Old Age 21. Woman's Situation and Character Part VI: Justification 22. The Narcissist 23. The Woman in Love 24. The Mystic Part VII: Towards Liberation 25. The Independent Woman Conclusion Index Subject Headings |