LEADER 03638nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910455603903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-53765-2 010 $a9786612537653 010 $a0-226-72800-5 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226728001 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006487 035 $a(EBL)496636 035 $a(OCoLC)593356182 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000340225 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11248269 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340225 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10365413 035 $a(PQKB)10312769 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC496636 035 $a(DE-B1597)524411 035 $a(OCoLC)1027499696 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226728001 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL496636 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372057 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253765 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006487 100 $a20011030d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMay '68 and its afterlives$b[electronic resource] /$fKristin Ross 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-72799-8 311 $a0-226-72797-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-231) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tONE. The Police Conception of History -- $tTWO. Forms and Practices -- $tTHREE. Different Windows, Same Faces -- $tFOUR. Consensus and Its Undoing -- $tABBREVIATIONS -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aDuring May 1968, students and workers in France united in the biggest strike and the largest mass movement in French history. Protesting capitalism, American imperialism, and Gaullism, 9 million people from all walks of life, from shipbuilders to department store clerks, stopped working. The nation was paralyzed-no sector of the workplace was untouched. Yet, just thirty years later, the mainstream image of May '68 in France has become that of a mellow youth revolt, a cultural transformation stripped of its violence and profound sociopolitical implications. Kristin Ross shows how the current official memory of May '68 came to serve a political agenda antithetical to the movement's aspirations. She examines the roles played by sociologists, repentant ex-student leaders, and the mainstream media in giving what was a political event a predominantly cultural and ethical meaning. Recovering the political language of May '68 through the tracts, pamphlets, and documentary film footage of the era, Ross reveals how the original movement, concerned above all with the question of equality, gained a new and counterfeit history, one that erased police violence and the deaths of participants, removed workers from the picture, and eliminated all traces of anti-Americanism, anti-imperialism, and the influences of Algeria and Vietnam. May '68 and Its Afterlives is especially timely given the rise of a new mass political movement opposing global capitalism, from labor strikes and anti-McDonald's protests in France to the demonstrations against the World Trade Organization in Seattle. 606 $aRiots$zFrance$zParis 607 $aFrance$xPolitics and government$y1958- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRiots 676 $a944/.36 700 $aRoss$b Kristin$0712001 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455603903321 996 $aMay '68 and its afterlives$91983105 997 $aUNINA