May '68 and its afterlives
By: Kristin Ross.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Riots -- France -- Paris.; France -- Politics and government -- 1958-
Other titles: May 1968 and its afterlives
Description: "During 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-231) and index.