Memories of May '68 : France's convenient consensus / Chris Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reynolds, Chris, 1977-

Series:

French and francophone studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Riots--France--Paris--History.

Riots.

Student movements.

History.

Protest movements.

Social movements.

France--Politics and government--1958-.

France.

Politics and government.

Social movements--France--History--20th century.

Protest movements--France--History--20th century.

Student movements--France--History--20th century.

France--Paris.

Physical Description:

189 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Memories of May sixty-eight

Memories of May 1968

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2011.

Summary:

1968 in France has been the focus of much attention for over forty years; while may 68 is seen as a watershed in the development of French society, a common narrative that portrays it in an increasingly light reductive has become prevalent that as a result the French collective memory has been shaped and cultivated in such a way as to underlined the true magnitude of the event why this should be the case who benefits from the dominance of this consensus and to what extent the history of 1968 is retrievable are the questions that underpin Memories of May 68: France's convenient Consensus. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The emergence of a convenient consensus 11

Chapter 2 1968: consensus and disagreement 36

Chapter 3 Current attitudes to the events of 1968 53

Chapter 4 May/June 1968 and the French university system 79

Chapter 5 May/June 1968 in the regions 100

Conclusion: 2008 - 'Liquidate1, consolidate and innovate 123.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (pages [172]-182) and index.

ISBN:

9780708324165

0708324169

9780708324158

0708324150

OCLC:

711051026

Publisher Number:

99945109175