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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796751703321

Autore

Besanc̀§on Julien <1932->

Titolo

The walls have the floor : mural journal, May '68 / / edited by Julien Besanc̀§on ; foreword by Tom McDonough ; afterword by Whitney Phillips ; translated by Henry Vale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2018]

ISBN

0-262-34679-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 pages)

Disciplina

944/.3610836

Soggetti

Riots - France - History - 20th century

General Strike, France, 1968

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

Graffiti - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

The graffiti of the French student and worker uprising of May 1968, capturing participatory politics in action.

"Fifty years ago, in 1968, barricades were erected in the streets of Paris for the first time since the Paris Commune of nearly one hundred years before. The events of May 1968 began with student protests against the Vietnam War and American imperialism but quickly expanded to rebellion over student living conditions and resistance to capitalist consumerism. An uprising at the Sorbonne was followed by wildcat strikes across France that united students and workers and brought the country's economy to a halt. There have been many accounts of these events. This book tells the story in a different way, through the graffiti inscribed by protestors as they protested."--Provided by publisher.