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MAY 68 IN FRENCH FICTION AND FILM
RETHINKING SOCIETY, RETHINKING REPRESENTATION |
By: |
Margaret Atack |
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Paperback |
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£63.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0198715153 |
ISBN 13: |
9780198715153 |
Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
18 November, 1999 |
Series: |
Oxford Studies in Modern European Culture |
Pages: |
196 |
Description: |
May 1968 and its aftermath constitute a watershed in contemporary French history. France was brought to a standstill as over 10 million went on strike, factories and campuses were occupied, and pitched battles were fought on the streets of Paris between riot police and students. Its roots were many and varied, its consequences equally diverse, but the slogans and images of May - utopia and spectacle, pure politics and pure play - gained mythic status as founding texts of a new culturalpolitics. This is the first book-length study of May 68 in French fiction and film. Eight texts, including works by Beauvoir, Cardinal, Godard, and Kristeva, are chosen to present major features of May and its aftermath, and to highlight the importance of language, image, and spectacle in the cultural andintellectual history of an extraordinary event. |
Synopsis: |
This is the first study of May 68 in fiction and in film. It looks at the ways the events themselves were represented in narrative, evaluates the impact these crucial times had on French cultural and intellectual history, and offers readings of texts which were shaped by it. The chosen texts concentrate upon important features of May and its aftermath: the student rebellion, the workers strikes, the question of the intellectuals, sexuality, feminism, the political thriller, history, and textuality. Attention is paid to the context of the social and cultural history of the Fifth Republic, to Gaullism, and to the cultural politics of gauchisme. The book aims to show the importance of the interplay of real and imaginary in the text(s) of May, and the emphasis placed upon the problematic of writing and interpretation. It argues that re-reading the texts of May forces a reconsideration of the existing accounts of postwar cultural history. The texts of May reflect on social order, on rationality, logic, and modes of representation, and are this highly relevant to contemporary debates on modernity. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
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