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This collection of six new essays by scholars from the disciplines of French, English literature, history, cultural criticism, feminist theory and philosophy makes a valuable contribution to the task of re-reading and reassessing this enormously influential text.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Second Sex and the postmodern – Ruth Evans
2. Writing from the centre: ironies of otherness and marginality – Margaret Atack
3. The influence of The Second Sex on the French feminist scene – Catherine Rodgers
4. Simone de Beauvoir: transcending fictions – Lorna Sage
5. A certain lack of symmetry: Beauvoir on autonomous agency and women’s embodiment – Catriona Mackenzie
6. Reading, resistance and disempowerment – Stephen Horton
7. To become or not to become; or, Must two be second? Simone de Beauvoir and The Second Sex in conversation – Nicole Ward Jouve
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/31/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719043031, 978-0719043031
      ISBN10: 0719043034

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This collection of six new essays by scholars from the disciplines of French, English literature, history, cultural criticism, feminist theory and philosophy makes a valuable contribution to the task of re-reading and reassessing this enormously influential text.

      Table of Contents

      1. Introduction: The Second Sex and the postmodern – Ruth Evans
      2. Writing from the centre: ironies of otherness and marginality – Margaret Atack
      3. The influence of The Second Sex on the French feminist scene – Catherine Rodgers
      4. Simone de Beauvoir: transcending fictions – Lorna Sage
      5. A certain lack of symmetry: Beauvoir on autonomous agency and women’s embodiment – Catriona Mackenzie
      6. Reading, resistance and disempowerment – Stephen Horton
      7. To become or not to become; or, Must two be second? Simone de Beauvoir and The Second Sex in conversation – Nicole Ward Jouve
      Bibliography
      Index

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