Global 1968 is a unique study of the similarities and differences
in the 1968 cultural revolutions in Europe and Latin America. The
late 1960s was a time of revolutionary ferment throughout the
world. Yet so much was in flux during these years that it is often
difficult to make sense of the period. In this volume,
distinguished historians, filmmakers, musicologists, literary
scholars, and novelists address this challenge by exploring a
specific issue—the extent to which the period that we associate
with the year 1968 constituted a cultural revolution. They approach
this topic by comparing the different manifestations of this
transformational era in Europe and Latin America. The contributors
show in vivid detail how new social mores, innovative forms of
artistic expression, and cultural, religious, and political
resistance were debated and tested on both sides of the Atlantic.
In some cases, the desire to confront traditional beliefs and
conventions had been percolating under the surface for years. Yet
they also find that the impulse to overturn the status quo was
fueled by the interplay of a host of factors that converged at the
end of the 1960s and accelerated the transition from one generation
to the next. These factors included new thinking about education
and work, dramatic changes in the self-presentation of the Roman
Catholic Church, government repression in both the Soviet Bloc and
Latin America, and universal disillusionment with the United
States. The contributors demonstrate that the short- and long-term
effects of the cultural revolution of 1968 varied from country to
country, but the period’s defining legacy was a lasting shift in
values, beliefs, lifestyles, and artistic sensibilities.
Contributors: A. James McAdams, Volker Schlöndorff, Massimo De
Giuseppe, Eric Drott, Eric Zolov, William Collins Donahue, Valeria
Manzano, Timothy W. Ryback, Vania Markarian, Belinda Davis, J.
Patrice McSherry, Michael Seidman, Willem Melching, Jaime M.
Pensado, Patrick Barr-Melej, Carmen-Helena Téllez, Alonso Cueto,
and Ignacio Walker.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Notre Dame Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2021 |
| First published: |
2021 |
| Editors: |
A.James McAdams
• Anthony P. Monta
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
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| Pages: |
534 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-268-20057-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-268-20057-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780268200572 |
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