Simone De Beauvoir''s the Second Sex - New Interdisciplinary Essays

Informationen zum Autor Ruth Evans is Professor of English at Saint Louis University Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: The Second Sex and the postmodern - Ruth Evans2. Writing from the centre: ironies of otherness and marginality - Margaret Atack3. The influence of The Second Sex on the French feminist scene - Catherine Rodgers4. Simone de Beauvoir: transcending fictions - Lorna Sage5. A certain lack of symmetry: Beauvoir on autonomous agency and women's embodiment - Catriona Mackenzie6. Reading, resistance and disempowerment - Stephen Horton7. To become or not to become; or, Must two be second? Simone de Beauvoir and The Second Sex in conversation - Nicole Ward JouveBibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ruth Evans
• Con la collaborazione di: Ruth Evans (Editore), Evans Ruth (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2013
• EAN: 9780719043031
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-4303-1
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Texts in Culture; Texts in Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Feminism & feminist theory, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000