
How does Simone de Beauvoir’s feminist philosophy speak to contemporary gender struggles? This timely book explores Beauvoir’s work in a sociological context, shedding light on the stalling gender revolution and women’s ongoing inequalities from adolescence to old age.
Table of Content
Introduction
1. An Overview of Beauvoir’s Contribution to Mapping a Woman’s Life Course
2. Becoming and Being the Second Sex
3. The Second Sex and the Double Standard of Ageing
4. Menopause as the Passage out of the Second Sex
5. Stepping into the Third Sex
6. Old Age as Unrealisable
7. Beauvoir’s Contribution to the Sociology of Gender
About the author
Susan Pickard is Professor of Sociology at the University of Liverpool.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 192 ● ISBN 9781529231120 ● Publisher Bristol University Press ● City Bristol ● Country GB ● Published 2026 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 10210824 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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