transformative politics in the cultural imagination
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Frazier, Lessie Jo > [ed]
- Creator
- Cohen, Deborah > [ed]
- Contributor
- Sibalis, Michael
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- WER 3 2009
- Thesaurus
- seksualiteit, homoseksualiteit, homobewegingen, mannelijkheid, feminisme, etniciteit, jaren zestig, revoluties, politiek, emoties, Verenigde Staten, Vietnam, Mexico, Frankrijk, Cuba, Afrika, Tsjechoslowakije, bundel
- Description
- 1968 is a watershed year in the history of revolutionary movements, one whose events reshape everything that follows. Drawing on archival research, close readings of texts and images, and political analysis to reframe these events in a comparative global context, this collection proposes new visions in how we think about 1968 and what has come since. It decenters the typical western tales told about 1968 by bringing in the vantage points of Havana, Mexico City, Prague, and Dakar, while offering new accounts of developments in Paris and San Francisco as well. The beaten, burning, and yearning bodies evoked here change how we think about the interconnections between emotions and politics