Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference

Simone de Beauvoir''s Le Deuxi_me Sexe has been studied extensively since its appearance in 1949. Through the years, certain passages have taken on prestige; others are seen as unimportant to understanding Beauvoir''s argument. In Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference, Sara HeinSmaa rediscovers those neglected passages in her quest to follow Beauvoir''s line of thinking. HeinSmaa, like some ...