
This book tells the story of France's remarkable transformation in the 1940s and 1950s through exhaustive study of the role of youth and youth culture in France's rejuvenation and cultural reconstruction in the aftermath of war, occupation, and collaboration. Examining everything from Brigitte Bardot and New Wave film to Tarzan and comic books, from juvenile delinquents and managerial technocrats ...
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Stanford University Press; 1 edition (January 5, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0804754535
ISBN-13: 978-0804754538
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 1943441
Format: PDF ePub Text djvu book
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This is a truly wonderful book which goes far to recover the cultural mindset of the often over-looked Fourth Republic. Jobs has a remarkable ability to choose the perfect anecdote and case study to make his point and consequently brings the immedia...
and 1968 protesters, from popular culture to politics, the author makes a fascinating case for reconsidering the significance and meaning of youth in postwar France. Riding the New Wave advances a new methodological approach by considering age as a category of historical analysis comparable to, and in tandem with, race, class, and gender. This history reveals youth to be a central feature in France's recovery from the Second World War while also clarifying the international significance of youth in the tumultuous 1960s.