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Language: English
Published by Random House USA Inc, 1989
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Simone de Beauvoir's essential masterwork is a powerful analysis of the Western notion of woman, and a revolutionary exploration of inequality and otherness. Unabridged in English for the first time, this long-awaited edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were cut in the first English translation. Vital and groundbreaking, Beauvoir's pioneering and impressive text remains as pertinent today as when it was first published, and will continue to provoke and inspire generations of men and women to come.
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- Title
- The Second Sex
- Author
- Simone De Beauvoir
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Publication year
- 1989
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0679724516
- ISBN 13
- 9780679724513
The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.
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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. --Christine Buttery
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