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oapen-20.500.12657-483332021-04-22T17:18:31Z Beauvoir in Time Altman, Meryl Social & political philosophy bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy::HPS Social & political philosophy Beauvoir in Time situates Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex in the historical context of its writing and in later contexts of its international reception, from then till now. The book takes up three aspects of Beauvoir's work more recent feminists find embarrassing: "bad sex," "dated" views about lesbians, and intersections with race and class. Through close reading of Beauvoir's writing in many genres, alongside contemporaneous discourses (good and bad novels in French and English, outmoded psychoanalytic and sexological authorities, ethnographic surrealism, the writing of Richard Wright and Franz Fanon), and in light of her travels to the U.S. and China, the author uncovers insights more recent feminist methodologies obscure, showing that Beauvoir is still good to think with today. Readership: Important to scholars of Beauvoir and existentialism, whether based in philosophy or literary studies, also accessible to those without specialized knowledge but interested in feminism in 20th century and today. 2021-04-22T15:02:39Z 2021-04-22T15:02:39Z 2020 book ONIX_20210422_9789004431218_41 9789004431218 9789004431201 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48333 eng Philosophy, Literature, and Politics application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9789004431218.pdf https://brill.com/abstract/title/56444 Brill Brill | Rodopi 10.1163/9789004431218 10.1163/9789004431218 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 9789004431218 9789004431201 Brill | Rodopi 348 570 open access
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Beauvoir in Time situates Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex in the historical context of its writing and in later contexts of its international reception, from then till now. The book takes up three aspects of Beauvoir's work more recent feminists find embarrassing: "bad sex," "dated" views about lesbians, and intersections with race and class. Through close reading of Beauvoir's writing in many genres, alongside contemporaneous discourses (good and bad novels in French and English, outmoded psychoanalytic and sexological authorities, ethnographic surrealism, the writing of Richard Wright and Franz Fanon), and in light of her travels to the U.S. and China, the author uncovers insights more recent feminist methodologies obscure, showing that Beauvoir is still good to think with today. Readership: Important to scholars of Beauvoir and existentialism, whether based in philosophy or literary studies, also accessible to those without specialized knowledge but interested in feminism in 20th century and today.
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