The second sex /

Title:

The second sex /

Author:

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986.

Format:

Book

Institution:

Emerson College

Contents:

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

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

Emerson Main Stacks
HQ1208 .B352 2010 – Available

• Available Temporarily at Emerson Reserve
  On reserve for PH305 -1: Great Philosophers: Beauvoir (Philosophy: Mcweeny)