Reframing 1968: American Politics, Protest and Identity

ISBN-13: 9780748698950 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 332 str.

Martin Halliwell;Nick Witham

Opis

Reframing 1968 explores the historical, political and social legacy of 1968 in modern protest movements. 14 interdisciplinary essays look at how protest has changed in the US, from Students for a Democratic Society and the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1960s, to the Women's Movement in the 1970s, through to the Tea Party and Occupy.

Spis treści

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction, 1968: A Year of Protest, Martin Halliwell and Nick Witham; Part 1: Politics of Protest; 1. The New Left: The American Impress, Doug Rossinow; 2. 1968 and the Fractured Right, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer; 3. The Irony of Protest: Vietnam and the Path to Permanent War, Andrew Preston; 4. Life Writing, Protest and the Idea of 1968, Nick Witham; Part 2: Spaces of Protest; 5. On Fire: The City and American Protest in 1968, Daniel Matlin; 6. Centring the Yard: Student Protest on Campus in 1968, Stefan M. Bradley; 7. The Ceremony is About to Begin: Performance and 1968, Martin Halliwell; 8. 1968: A Pivotal Moment in Cinema, Sharon Monteith; Part 3: Identities and Protest; 9. 1968: The End of the Civil Rights Movement?, Stephen Tuck; 10. Gay Liberation and the Spirit of ’68, Simon Hall; 11. The Women’s Movement in 1968 and Beyond, Anne M. Valk; 12. Organizing for Economic Justice in the Late 1960s, Penny Lewis; Conclusion, The Memory of 1968, Stephen J. Whitfield; Index.