Simone de Beauvior: The Making of an Intellectual Woman

by Toril Moi

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Moving from the impact of educational institutions on Beauvoir to her representation of love, desire and sexuality, Toril Moi analyzes the conflicts and contradictions that shape intellectual women's lives. She offers an interpretation of Beauvoir's relationship to Sartre and to other women, and reads Beauvoir as a writer of depression. She also considers Beauvoir the greatest feminist theorist of our century and sees The Second Sex as the founding...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:063119181X

ISBN13:9780631191810

Release Date:December 1993

Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell

Length:324 Pages

Weight:1.13 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Arts & Literature Authors Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Criticism & Theory European Gender Studies History

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