Demanding the Impossible

Lawson, Sylvia
Demanding the Impossible

Demanding the Impossible

Lawson, Sylvia

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Marking the centenary of Simone de Beauvoir's birth and the 40th anniversary of Paris's legendary political carnival in 1968, this book explores the inheritance of May 1968 and asks what has become of the ideal and the myth of resistance. The period of German occupation of France during World War II has given the idea of resistance a heroic glamour for more than 60 years, but the recital of resistance stories has always been an attempt to recover honor. Taking the riots in France of 1968 as a starting point to look at resistance movements in contemporary history, such as the feminist movement and acts of resistance pertinent to Australia, this book tells these stories in new contexts and submits history to the uses of the present and the future.

Author:   Lawson, Sylvia
Publisher:   Melbourne University Press
ISBN:  

9780522854855


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 February 2012
Bind Format:   Paperback
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Marking the centenary of Simone de Beauvoir's birth and the 40th anniversary of Paris's legendary political carnival in 1968, this book explores the inheritance of May 1968 and asks what has become of the ideal and the myth of resistance. The period of German occupation of France during World War II has given the idea of resistance a heroic glamour for more than 60 years, but the recital of resistance stories has always been an attempt to recover honor. Taking the riots in France of 1968 as a starting point to look at resistance movements in contemporary history, such as the feminist movement and acts of resistance pertinent to Australia, this book tells these stories in new contexts and submits history to the uses of the present and the future.

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Author:   Lawson, Sylvia
Publisher:   Melbourne University Press
ISBN:  

9780522854855


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 February 2012
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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