Beauvoir, Simone de,  1908-1986. <br/><br/>
The second sex / 
Simone de Beauvoir ; translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier ; with an introduction by Judith Thurman. 
 - 1st Vintage Books ed. 
 - New York :  Vintage,  2011. 
 - xxi, 800 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> "This translation originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape ... in 2009, and subsequently published in ... the United States by Alfred A. Knopf ... in 2010."--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>I. Facts and myths. Destiny : Biological data ; The psychoanalytical point of view ; The point of view of historical materialism -- History -- Myths : Montherlant or the bread of disgust ; D. H. Lawrence or phallic pride ; Claudel or the handmaiden of the Lord ; Breton or poetry ; Stendhal or romancing the real -- II. Lived experience. Formative years : Childhood ; The girl ; Sexual initiation ; The lesbian -- Situation : The married woman ; The mother ; Social life ; Prostitutes and hetaeras ; From maturity to old age ; Woman's situation and character -- Justifications : The narcissist ; The woman in love ; the mystic -- Toward liberation : The independent woman. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307277787 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009023164 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1208  / .B352 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.401