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The Second Sex (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
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Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNESWhen this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage and scandal. Never before had the case for female liberty been so forcefully and successfully argued. De Beauvoir’s belief that ‘One is not born, but rather becomes, woman’ switched on light bulbs in the heads of a generation of women and began a fight for greater equality and economic independence. These pages contain the key passages of the book that changed perceptions of women forever.TRANSLATED BY CONSTANCE BORDE AND SHEILA MALOVANY-CHEVALLIERANNOTATED AND INTRODUCED BY MARTINE REID
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| Weight | 0.082 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 1 × 11 × 18 cm |
| by | Constance Borde, Sheila Malovany-Chevallier, Simone de Beauvoir |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 144 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2015-3-5 |
| Imprint | |
| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 1784870382 |
| About The Author | Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agrégation in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at the lycées at Marseille and Rouen from 1931-1937, and in Paris from 1938-1943. After the war, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on Les Temps Mordernes. The author of several books including The Mandarins (1957) which was awarded the Prix Goncourt, de Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986. |
| Review Quote | A masterpiece |
| Other text | Discovering The Second Sex was like an explosion in my skull, shattering illusions bred in a conventional fifties childhood…Re-reading the book now I realise how much of it is still entirely relevant, and that (despite advances) women are as much in need of liberation as ever |
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