The second sex
By: Simone de Beauvoir ; translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier ; with an introduction by Judith Thurman
Contributors: Borde, Constance; Malovany-Chevallier, Sheila
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 800
ISBN-13: 9780307265562
Work titles: Deuxième sexe
Description: An unabridged version of Beauvoir's feminist exploration of the psychological, sexual and social roles of women and their historical and contemporary situation in Western culture at the middle of the twentieth century.
Notes: "This translation originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape ... in 2009"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: ix
description: by Judith Thurman; title: Translators' Note
pagenum: xvii; label: Volume I
title: Facts and Myths; title: Introduction
pagenum: 3; label: Part One
title: Destiny; label: Chapter 1
title: Biological Data
pagenum: 21; label: Chapter 2
title: The Psychoanalytical Point of View
pagenum: 49; label: Chapter 3
title: The Point of View of Historical Materialism
pagenum: 62; label: Part Two
title: History; label: Chapter 1
pagenum: 71; label: Chapter 2
pagenum: 76; label: Chapter 3
pagenum: 90; label: Chapter 4
pagenum: 104; label: Chapter 5
pagenum: 126; label: Part Three
title: Myths; label: Chapter 1
pagenum: 159; label: Chapter 2
pagenum: 214; label: I
title: Montherlant or the Bread of Disgust
pagenum: 214; label: II
title: D. H. Lawrence or Phallic Pride
pagenum: 229; label: III
title: Claudel or the Handmaiden of the Lord
pagenum: 237; label: IV
title: Breton or Poetry
pagenum: 246; label: V
title: Stendhal or Romancing the Real
pagenum: 252; label: VI
pagenum: 261; label: Chapter 3
pagenum: 266; label: Volume II
title: Lived Experience; title: Introduction
pagenum: 279; label: Part One
title: Formative Years; label: Chapter 1
title: Childhood
pagenum: 283; label: Chapter 2
title: The Girl
pagenum: 341; label: Chapter 3
title: Sexual Initiation
pagenum: 383; label: Chapter 4
title: The Lesbian
pagenum: 417; label: Part Two
title: Situation; label: Chapter 5
title: The Married Woman
pagenum: 439; label: Chapter 6
title: The Mother
pagenum: 524; label: Chapter 7
title: Social Life
pagenum: 571; label: Chapter 8
title: Prostitutes and Hetaeras
pagenum: 599; label: Chapter 9
title: From Maturity to Old Age
pagenum: 619; label: Chapter 10
title: Woman's Situation and Character
pagenum: 638; label: Part Three
title: Justifications; label: Chapter 11
title: The Narcissist
pagenum: 667; label: Chapter 12
title: The Woman in Love
pagenum: 683; label: Chapter 13
title: The Mystic
pagenum: 709; label: Part Four
title: Toward Liberation; label: Chapter 14
title: The Independent Woman
pagenum: 721; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 753; title: Selected Sources
pagenum: 767; title: Index
pagenum: 771