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May 68 : rethinking France's last revolution / edited by Julian Jackson, Anna-Louise Milne [and] James S. Williams.

Van Pelt Library DC420 .M393 2011
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Jackson, Julian, 1954-
Milne, Anna-Louise
Williams, James S., 1963-
Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Political culture.
History.
Nationalism.
Riots.
Student movements.
Protest movements.
Social movements.
France--Politics and government--1958-1969.
France.
Politics and government.
France--Social conditions--1945-1995.
Social conditions.
Social movements--France--History--20th century.
Protest movements--France--History--20th century.
Student movements--France--History--20th century.
Riots--France--History--20th century.
Communism--France--History--20th century.
Communism.
Nationalism--France--History--20th century.
Political culture--France--History--20th century.
Physical Description:
xviii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Summary:
An accessible collection of essays about one of the most dramatic moments in France's modern history: the 'events' of 1968. Often seen purely as a student revolution, the events in fact impacted on almost every aspects of French society - race relations, unions and workplace politics, the world of agriculture, gender relations and sexuality, theatre, film and the role of art in general in society. This volume of essays, written by young researchers and established scholars from France, Britain and NorthAmerica is the only book in English to explore the full scale and diversity of this extraordinary upheaval. It takes us out of Paris to the regions of France, out of the student Latin Quarter into the factories, and shows how the events of 1968 continued to reverberate throughout the next decade, and how their legacy is still highly contested in France today. Book jacket.
Contents:
Part I Rethinking the Events
Rethinking May 68 / J. Jackson
The Moral History of 1968 / J. Bourg
Exploitation, Alienation and the Social Division of Labour in the May-June Movement in France / B. Gobille
Beyond Tradition: the Strikes of May-June 1968 / X. Vigna
Inventing a Memory on the Extreme Left: the Example of the Maoists after 1968 / P. Buton
Algerian Reveries on the Far Right: Thinking About Algeria to Change France in 1968 / T. Shepard
Reaching out to Immigrants in May 68: specific or universal appeals? / D. Gordon
The Arab Workers' Movement (1970-1976): Sociology of a New Political Generation / A. Hajjat
'And what then about 'our' problem?' - Gay Liberation in the Occupied Sorbonne in May 1968 / M. Sibalis
The 1970s Moment in Sexual Politics / M. Prearo
May 68 and the Changes in Private Life: a 'sexual liberation'? / A-C. Rebreyend
Part II Decentring the Events
Decentring the Events / A-L. Milne
The Local, Regional and National in May-June 1968 / M. Zancarini-Fournel
Factory Disputes in the French Provinces in the '1968 Years': Brittany as a Case-Study / V. Porhel
Peasant Insurgency in the '1968 Years' (1961-1981) / J-P. Martin
'In Marseilles we remained calm': The Myths and Realities of Marseilles's May 68 / A-L. Ollivier
The Grand Tour of Daniel Cohn-Bendit and the Europeanism of 1968 / R. I. Jobs I. Jobs, R.
From Dream to Reality: the Birth of 'Vincennes' / C. Dormoy-Rajramanan
Artists and Architects in May 1968: An Aesthetics of Disappearance / J-L. Violeau
Part III Performing the Events
Performing the Revolution / J. S. Williams
L'Entrée libre à l'ex-théâtre de France: the Occupation of the Odéon and the Revolutionary Culture of the French Stage / K. Bredeson
The Politics of Theatre and the Theatre of Politics: from Paris to Avignon via Villeurbanne, May-July 1968 / E. Loyer
Malle e/on mai: Louis Malle's Takes on May 68 / R. Panchasi
Falling on Deaf Ears, Again: Hervé Le Roux's Reprise (1997) / N. Rachlin
Sex Power: Bernadette Lafont and the Sexual Revolution in French Cinema circa 1968 / R-F. Lack
Orgasm Without Limits: May 68 and the History of Sex Education in Modern France / T. Chaplin.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
ISBN:
0230252583
9780230252585
OCLC:
722450406
Publisher Number:
99944665009

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