Beauvoir’s The Second Sex Anticipates the Women’s Movement
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Feminism, Feminists, Women’s Rights, Gender Issues, Sexism
- Curriculum: Women’s History, 20th & 21st Century European History, French History
- Geographical Location: Paris
- Date: June and November, 1949
Article abstract: The Second Sex became a seminal work and astonished Europe and the United States with its historical, comprehensive, and frank portrayal of women as unequal, second-class citizens of the world.
Summary of Event
The Second Sex is a carefully researched and highly intellectual work. Book 1 of Le Deuxième Sexe was published in Paris, France, in June of 1949, with book 2 following in November. The English translation appeared in 1952. The book became extraordinarily influential, shaping the women’s movement as it began to...
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