French feminism

Adventures in Feministory: Simone de Beauvoir

History post by Lisa Knisely on October 22, 2012 - 9:17am; tagged Adventures in Feministory, French feminism, history, philosophy, Simone de Beauvoir.

 

You probably know her as the French intellectual who penned the feminist tome The Second Sex. But did you know that in addition to writing this 800-page (in English translation—the French is shorter) classic of feminist theory, Beauvoir was also a journalist, essayist, novelist, playwright, memoirist, and travel writer? Recently, there has been a renaissance in Beauvoir studies dedicated to fully exploring her prolific body of work.

 

 

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