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Memories of May '68 - France's Convenient Consensus

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Klappentext This book sheds new light on one of the most significant periods in recent French history, the student revolts of May 1968. These events saw a strictly student-based revolt quickly become an all-out social crisis that threatened the political status quo of the time. In its exposure of a deep-seeded malaise, 1968 has gone on to acquire iconic status as a watershed year in the development of innumerable sectors of French society.Focussing on the portrayal of these events during the subsequent decennial commemorations, Chris Reynolds analyzes the construction of the history of 1968. By highlighting the paradox between the plethora of existing material on 1968 and the relatively narrow frame through which the year's events are viewed, Reynolds raises complex issues concerning the gap between memory and history. Zusammenfassung Memories of mai 68 charts the emergence of the conventional representation of the French events of 1968 and argues that the dominance of this narrative, despite its limitations, stems from the convenience that such a consensus provides for those that have been pivotal in shaping the collective memory of this critical moment in French history.

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Authors Chris Reynolds
Publisher University Of Chicago Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 15.12.2011
 
EAN 9780708324165
ISBN 978-0-7083-2416-5
No. of pages 224
Dimensions 152 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
Series French and Francophone Studies
French and Francophone Studies
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories

Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, May, HISTORY / Europe / France, of, c 1960 to c 1970, memories, Demonstrations & protest movements, Consensus, France's, Convenient, '68

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