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Simone de Beauvoir: Creating a Feminist Existence in the World

Sandrine Sanos

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Description for Simone de Beauvoir: Creating a Feminist Existence in the World Paperback. Series: The World in a Life Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; HPCF; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 130 x 303 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
Sandrine Sanos's biography of Simone de Beauvoir situates Beauvoir's life and works in historical context, charting how she was enmeshed in most 20h century events and developments from WW2, to Decolonization, the Cold War, Socialist Politics, Feminism--as well as topics and ideas of contemporary relevance (war crimes, human rights, the possibilities and limits of political activism in support of social justice). Building on recent scholarship, this biography focuses especially on the colonial, transnational, and postcolonial influences that shaped Beauvoir and emphasizes her paradoxical and complicated relationship to politics. Written in accessible and lively prose, the book is divided ... Read more

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Format

Paperback

Publication date

2016

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc United States

Number of pages

256

Condition

New

Series

The World in a Life Series

Number of Pages

256

Place of Publication

New York, United States

ISBN

9780190278090

SKU

V9780190278090

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About Sandrine Sanos

Sandrine Sanos is a cultural and intellectual historian of Modern Europe, educated in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Her scholarship and teaching focus on 20th century France and its empire, specifically the intersections of gender and sexuality, the relation of aesthetics and politics, the question of violence, war, exile, and feminist theory. Her book, The Aesthetics of ... Read more

Reviews for Simone de Beauvoir: Creating a Feminist Existence in the World

This is a terrific book. We have very little that is historical on Beauvoir, which is ironic and a shame, given Beauvoir's determination to be so fully 'engaged' in her time. Sanos's biography is not only historical, it is good, up-to-date historical, and it raises and lays out issues that are rarely considered the purview of Beauvoir scholars, including Vichy, ... Read morethe Holocaust and its aftermath, and the Algerian war. - Judith G. Coffin, Univeristy of Texas at Austin This is a well-written and compelling short biography of Simone de Beauvoir. The scholarship is solid and up to date, providing the historical context to help readers understand Beauvoir's life, ideas, and writing. Yet it is not overly weighted toward background context, in that it equally presents fascinating arguments about Beauvoir's contributions to philosophical thought, literature, and also to political activism both during her life and in the longer term. I can see students at both the undergraduate and graduate level responding very positively to this text as the narrative is easy to read, and Sanos provides just the right amount of history mixed with information on Beauvoir's life and work to make it a lively and informative read. - Darcie Fontaine, University of South Florida Sanos does an excellent job of weaving together Beauvoir's life with her writings, an especially challenging task given the prodigious number and the wide variety of Beauvoir's publications, from philosophical works to essays, short stories, novels, and a series of memoirs written over the course of her long and event-filled life. The biography provides clear and concise explanations of Beauvoir's philosophy, and in particular of the genesis and central ideas contained in her most internationally influential work, The Second Sex. Sanos also situates Beauvoir's life and writings into the historical context of the twentieth century, whose many dramatic and traumatic world-historical events Beauvoir experienced, wrote about and incorporated into her philosophical works. Doing all this in a very short biography represents a remarkable achievement. - Sarah Fishman, University of Houston This is an excellent introductory and overview text written in accessible prose. It not only situates Beauvoir and the vicissitudes of her thought, writings, and other activities within her historical context and intellectual milieu, but it also uses one of the 20th-century's foremost intellectuals to illuminate the history of France and Europe. - Marc Matera, University of California, Santa Cruz Show Less

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