The Second Sex

Beauvoir, Simone de
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Publisher:  Bantam Books, New York, USA
Year First Published:  {17910 The Second Sex SECOND SEX Beauvoir, Simone de http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/2nd-sex/index.htm http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/2nd-sex/index.htm Bantam Books New York USA simone de Beauvoir explores what is is to be a woman from a multitude of perspectives: sexual, social, biological, historical. 1953 1970 705pp BC17910-SecondSex.jpg B Book - <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Introduction <br> <br>Book I: Facts and Myths <br> <br>Part I: Destiny <br>1. The Data of Biology <br>2. The Psychoanalytic Point of View <br>3. The Point of View of Historical Materialism <br> <br>Part II: History <br>4. The Nomads <br>5. Early Tillers of the Soil <br>6. Patriarchal Times and Classical Antiquity <br>7. Through the Middle Ages to 18th Century France <br>8. Since the French Revolution: the Job and the Vote <br> <br>Part III: Myths <br>9. Dreams, Fears, Idols <br>10. The Myth of Woman in Five Authors <br>11. Myth and Reality <br> <br> <br>Book II: Woman's Life Today <br> <br>Part IV: The Formative Years <br>12. Childhood <br>13. The Young Girl <br>14. Sexual Initiation <br>15. The Lesbian <br> <br>Part V: Situation <br>16. The Married Woman <br>17. The Mother <br>18. Social Life <br>19. Prostitutes and Hetairas <br>20. From Maturity to Old Age <br>21. Woman's Situation and Character <br> <br>Part VI: Justification <br>22. The Narcissist <br>23. The Woman in Love <br>24. The Mystic <br> <br>Part VII: Towards Liberation <br>25. The Independent Woman <br> <br>Conclusion <br>Index CX7636 1 true true false CX7636.htm [0xc002200780] Cx}
Year Published:  1970
Pages:  705pp   Resource Type:  Book
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simone de Beauvoir explores what is is to be a woman from a multitude of perspectives: sexual, social, biological, historical.

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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

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