Beauvoir in Time
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...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Brill
2021
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | ONIX_20210422_9789004431218_41 |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1869521522537791488 |
|---|---|
| author | Altman, Meryl |
| author_browse | Altman, Meryl |
| author_facet | Altman, Meryl |
| author_sort | Altman, Meryl |
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | 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. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-68083 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publishDateRange | 2021 |
| publishDateSort | 2021 |
| publisher | Brill |
| publisherStr | Brill |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-680832025-03-12T18:36:27Z Beauvoir in Time Altman, Meryl Social & political philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and 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. 2021-04-23T02:01:15Z 2021-04-23T02:01:15Z 2021-04-22T15:02:39Z 2020 book ONIX_20210422_9789004431218_41 OCN: 1157852140 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48333 9789004431218 9789004431201 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68083 eng Philosophy, Literature, and Politics open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48333/1/9789004431218.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48333/1/9789004431218.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48333/1/9789004431218.pdf Brill Brill | Rodopi 10.1163/9789004431218 10.1163/9789004431218 33fecb33-e7c4-4fc8-96b0-7ba2fccafba9 9789004431218 9789004431201 Brill | Rodopi 570 open access |
| spellingShingle | Social & political philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy Altman, Meryl Beauvoir in Time |
| title | Beauvoir in Time |
| title_full | Beauvoir in Time |
| title_fullStr | Beauvoir in Time |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beauvoir in Time |
| title_short | Beauvoir in Time |
| title_sort | beauvoir in time |
| topic | Social & political philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy |
| topic_facet | Social & political philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy |
| url | ONIX_20210422_9789004431218_41 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT altmanmeryl beauvoirintime |