The Second Sex

Beauvoir, Simone De & H. M. Parshley (Trans)

ISBN 10: 0394444159 / ISBN 13: 9780394444154

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976

About this Item

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 732 pages; 1976 Alfred A. Knopf. Stout HC/DJ 9th printing. Soundly bound and clean in original dust jacket. Jacket price clipped top corner front flap and with some light shelf rubbing and several shallow nicks and short tears at edges. Jacket spine a little darkened; mild toning to sides. Contents clean and neat; no marks of any kind. Binding of the stout book is a little shaken, but solid. VG/VG- . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.

Seller Inventory # 47846

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Second Sex
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394444159
• ISBN 13: 9780394444154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Ninth Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
• Seller catalogs:
  • Women''s Studies
  • Philosophy

About this title

Synopsis

Woman's past and contemporary situation in Western culture is the focus of a detailed and uninhibited analysis of womanhood

Review

In The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir posed questions many men, and women, had yet to ponder when the book was released in 1953. "One wonders if women still exist, if they will always exist, whether or not it is desirable that they should ...," she says in this comprehensive treatise on women. She weaves together history, philosophy, economics, biology, and a host of other disciplines to show women's place in the world and to postulate on the power of sexuality. This is a powerful piece of writing in a time before "feminism" was even a phrase, much less a movement.