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The Second Sex
The Second Sex
Author: Simone de Beauvoir
Newly translated and unabridged in English for the first time, and brilliantly introduced by Judith Thurman, Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpiece weaves together history, philosophy, economics, biology, and a host of other disciplines to analyze the Western notion of “woman” and to explore the power of sexuality. — Sixty years after its initial...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307265562
ISBN-10: 0307265560
Publication Date: 4/13/2010
Pages: 832
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Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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A learning experience. This book was written in a time before "feminism" was ever a phrase , much less a movement. Book is long
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the healthiest, headiest, wealthiest and wisest book that has ever been written about women.


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