Riding the new wave : youth and the rejuvenation of France after the Second World War / Richard Ivan Jobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jobs, Richard Ivan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--France--History--20th century.

Youth.

Popular culture--France--History--20th century.

Popular culture.

National characteristics, French.

History.

France.

Physical Description:

xiv, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This book tells the story of France's remarkable transformation in the 1940s and 1950s through exhaustive study of the role of youth and youth culture in France's rejuvenation and cultural reconstruction in the aftermath of war, occupation, and collaboration. Examining everything from Brigitte Bardot and New Wave film to Tarzan and comic books, from juvenile delinquents and managerial technocrats to soldiers and 1968 protesters, from popular culture to politics, the author makes a fascinating case for reconsidering the significance and meaning of youth in postwar France.

Contents:

Prologue From Liberation to Rejuvenation 1

Part I The Promise of Youth

1 Youth of Today, France of Tomorrow 19

2 Managing a Modernized France 53

3 Making the Future French Citizen 92

Part II The Problem of Youth

4 Rehabilitating Delinquent France 141

5 Sex and the Cynical Girl 185

6 Tarzan Under Attack 232

Epilogue: From Hope to Threat 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-352) and index.

ISBN:

9780804754521

0804754527

OCLC:

72871321