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Book SynopsisGlobal 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 issuethe 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
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“The essays in Global 1968 are fresh, based on an engaging mix of scholarly research and personal autobiography. As a whole, the volume is a pleasure to read, filled with original histories and provocative arguments.” —Jeremi Suri, author of The Global Revolutions of 1968
"In these essays, historians, filmmakers, literary scholars and others explore the events and impact of the tumultuous year 1968 and its aftermath in Europe and Latin America. . . . Global 1968 considers the short- and long-term cultural and political consequences of that memorable year." —Notre Dame Magazine
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables
Preface
1. Revolutionary 1968: Contending Approaches to an Elusive Concept, A. James McAdams
PART 1. Foundations
2. The Slow but Long Coming of a Cultural Revolution, Volker Schlöndorff
3. Italian Catholics and Latin America during the “Long ’68,” Massimo De Giuseppe
4. Revolutionary Time and the Belatedness of Music in May ’68, Eric Drott
5. Non-Alignment and Student Protest in 1968 Mexico, Eric Zolov
PART 2. Images of Change
6. Pressure-Release Valve or Cultural Catalyst? The Revolutionary Potential of The Legend of Paul and Paula in the German Democratic Republic, William Collins Donahue
7. Out of Place: Students, Workers, and the Politics of Encounter in Argentina, Valeria Manzano
8. Protest Rock in the Soviet Bloc: Prague, Spring 1968, Timothy W. Ryback
9. University Reform in Tumultuous Times: The Uruguayan Student Movement before and after 1968, Vania Markarian
10. What’s in a Revolution? ’68 and Its Aftermath in West Germany, Belinda Davis
PART 3. Reactions To Change
11. Chile 1960s: Intertwined Revolutions in Music and Politics, J. Patrice McSherry
12. The French Sixties and the Refusal of Work, Michael Seidman
13. Clash of the Icons: The Iconoclasm of the Image of the United States, Willem Melching
14. The Anonymous Dead of 1968 Mexico: A Comparative Study of Counterrevolutionary Violence and Protest with Uruguay and Brazil, Jaime M. Pensado
PART 4. Then And Now
15. A ’68 chileno? Politics, Culture, and the Zeitgeist of ’68, Patrick Barr-Melej
16. Arvo Pärt:The Unexpected Profile of a Musical Revolutionary, Carmen-Helena Téllez
17. Words as Acts: A Literary Rebellion, Alonso Cueto
18. Reform or Revolution: Latin America’s Dilemma in the “Long ’68,” Ignacio Walker
