Simone de Beauvoir PB/ Evans

by Mary Evans

Book Overview

This title examines the French feminist's memoirs and philosophical writings, discusses essential beliefs, and assesses her influence on the Women's movement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0422795100
• ISBN13: 9780422795104
• Release Date: July 1985
• Publisher: Other
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir has long been regarded as one of the founding mothers of feminism and accepted as an inspiration to generations of feminists. The Second Sex has remained one of the most influential of all feminist texts and de Beauvoir's own life is regarded as a model of that of a 'liberated' woman. Mary Evans argues that de Beauvoir presents to feminists an exagerated dichotomy between the sexes, whilst at the same time advocating the acceptance, by women, of many male patterns of thoughts and action. In this sympathetic and illuminating study Mary Evans examines critically the central premises of de Beauvoir's work and assesses the contribution of her work - in terms of both its negative and positive aspects - to western feminism. --- from book's back cover