May 68: Rethinking France's Last Revolution

By Julian T. Jackson

Book Overview

Illustrations Preface Contributors Acronyms 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 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'Entr?e libre ? l'ex-th??tre de France: the Occupation of the Od?on 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: Herv? 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 Epilogue The Day My Father Fell Silent [Le Jour o? mon p?re s'est tu] [Extracts]; V.Linhart General Bibliography Select Filmography

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349322202
• ISBN13: 9781349322206
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"