The contributions of this volume explore the political, social, and cultural legacies of May '68 revolt in France and similar protest movements in other nations around the globe. These events share a global utopian imaginary which found expression in...
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The contributions of this volume explore the political, social, and cultural legacies of May '68 revolt in France and similar protest movements in other nations around the globe. These events share a global utopian imaginary which found expression in a variety of artistic productions. Cover -- Global Revolutionary Aesthetics and Politics after Paris '68 -- Series Page -- Global Revolutionary Aesthetics and Politics after Paris '68 -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter Outline -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- 1968-Past, Present, Future -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- The Quebec Spring, A New May 1968? -- Creating a generation? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 -- Ghosts for the Present -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 -- La Fac Soixante-Huitarde -- INTRODUCTION -- Origins -- A Decade of Contestation -- Historical Memory -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 -- Class Struggle -- Authors and Their Publishers -- Subjects of Struggle -- Testimonials, Realism, and Formal Innovation -- Gendered Struggles -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 -- Recalibrating Memories -- INTRODUCTION -- Northern Ireland and the Global Narrative of "1968" -- Northern Ireland's "1968" -- A Divergent Afterlife -- Post-"Troubles" Northern Ireland -- Voices of 68 -- Memory in Post-conflict Contexts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 -- Conflicts of Class, Race, and Sexuality -- Slimani's Exploration of the "Law of the Symbolic" -- The Patriarchal, Capitalist Systems That Destroy Women -- The Biological and Emotional Realms of the Maternal That Predetermine Women -- Women's Self-Destructive Behavior -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8 -- Aftereffects of May 1968 on Men and Women According to Michel Houellebecq -- Women Victims of the Sexual Liberation -- Islam: An Opportunistic Response to Houellebecq's Insoluble Equation of Women -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9 -- A Timeless Spirit -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.
