Gender and Sexuality in 1968: Transformative Politics in the Cultural Imagination [Hardcover]

This unique volume brings together literary critics, historians, and anthropologists from around the world to offer new understandings of gender and sexuality as they were redefined during the upheaval of 1968.Preface; L.Passerini Introduction; D.Cohen ?& L.J.Frazier PART I: '68 IN MOVEMENT Coming out against the War: Antimilitarism and the Politicization of Homosexuality in the Era of Vietnam; J.D.Suran Deviant Masculinities: Mutual Caricaturizations of Students and the State in Mexico; E.Carey PART II: SUBJECTIVITY, DESIRE, AND POLITICS 'Our Sexual Revolution is not Yours': French Feminist 'Moralism' and the Limits of Desire; J.Bourg Africa and 1968: Derepression, Libidinal Politics, and the Problem of Global Interpretation; S.Pierce Heroic Masculinity in the Prison and 'Women' in the Streets; D.Cohen ?& L.J.Frazier PART III: SPIRIT, ICONS, AWAKENINGS, POST-'68 The 'Burning Body' as an Icon of Resistance: Literary Representations of Jan Palach; C.Sabatos Ambiguous Subjects: The Autobiographical Situation and the Disembodiment of Mexico '68; M.Joffroy The Spirit of May '68 and the Gay Liberation Movement in France; M.Sibalis Comment; M.Zancarini-Fournel ?& J.Tzu-Chun Wu

1968 is one of the most fiercely debated and misunderstood transformative years in global history. This extraordinarycollection takes us out of our comfort zones and brilliantly shifts the terms of discussion away from the cheerful celebration of sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll to the more terrifying and painful stories of brutal repression, agonized shame, and conflicted aspirations. It decenters the typical western tales told about 1968 by bringing in the vantage points of Havana, Mexico City, Prague, and Dakar, while offering utterly fresh accounts of developments in Paris and San Francisco as well. The beaten, burning, and yearning bodies evoked here withsensitivity and rigor change how we think about the intricate interconnections between emotions and politics. - Dagmar HerzoglÓb