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The Second Sex [electronic resource]

Beauvoir, Simone De2019
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UNABRIDGED AND AVAILABLE ON AUDIO FOR THE FIRST TIMESimone de Beauvoir’s essential masterwork is a powerful analysis of the Western notion of “woman,” and a revolutionary exploration of inequality and otherness. This unabridged edition of the text reinstates significant portions of the original...
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The second sex

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-19862015
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When 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, a woman' switched on light bulbs in the heads of a generation of wom...
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The second sex

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-19862015
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First published in 1949, 'The Second Sex' is a landmark in the history of feminism. In this new translation to mark the 60th anniversary of publication, Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier have produced the first integral translation, reinstating a third of the original work.
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The Second Sex [electronic resource]

Beauvoir, Simone De2014
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'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'First published in Paris in 1949, The Second Sex by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking, risqué book that became a runaway success. Selling 20,000 copies in its first week, the book earned its author both notoriety and admiration.Since then, ...
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The second sex

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-19862010
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First published in 1949, 'The Second Sex' is a landmark in the history of feminism. In this new translation to mark the 60th anniversary of publication, Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier have produced the first integral translation, reinstating a third of the original work.
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Simone de Beauvoir : a biography

Bair, Deirdre1990
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Simone de Beauvoir was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, as a feminist, philosopher, novelist and author of "The Second Sex". The author spent almost a decade researching and writing this book, with the co-operation of her subject.
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Becoming Beauvoir : a life

Kirkpatrick, Kate2019
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'One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman', wrote Simone de Beauvoir. This is a woman who was also to become a philosopher, a novelist, an existentialist, and a feminist icon. Her novels won prestigious literary prizes and 'The Second Sex' transformed the way we think about sex an...
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1947 [electronic resource] : When Now Begins

Åsbrink, Elisabeth2017
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This shift does not happen overnight, from one day to the next; instead, the world vibrates for a number of years. People try to find their way back to homes that are no longer there, or on to an uncertain future across the sea. Some run from their deeds, and most get away. Among the millions in ...
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