The second sex
By: Simon de Beauvoir ; translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier
Contributors: Borde, Constance; Malovany-Chevallier, Sheila
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 822
ISBN-13: 9780224078597
Subjects: Vrouwen; Feministische psychologie; Feminism; Women
Work titles: Deuxième sexe
Notes: Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [785]-805) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Facts and myths. Destiny : Biological data ; The psychoanalytical point of view ; The point of view of historical materialism; title: History; title: 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; title: II. Lived experience. Formative years : Childhood ; The girl ; Sexual initiation ; The lesbian; title: Situation : The married woman ; The mother ; Social life ; Prostitutes and hetaeras ; From maturity to old age ; Woman's situation and character; title: Justifications : The narcissist ; The woman in love ; the mystic; title: Toward liberation : The independent woman.