Riding the New Wave: Youth and the Rejuvenation of France after the Second World War

Richard Ivan Jobs

Published by Stanford University Press 2007

Riding the New Wave

Youth and the Rejuvenation of France after the Second World War

Richard Ivan Jobs

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503626126

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This book tells the story of France's remarkable transformation in the 1940s and 1950s through exhaustive study of the role of youth and youth culture in France's rejuvenation and cultural reconstruction in the aftermath of war, occupation, and collaboration. Examining everything from Brigitte Bardot and New Wave film to Tarzan and comic books, from juvenile delinquents and managerial technocrats to soldiers and 1968 protesters, from popular culture to politics, the author makes a fascinating case for reconsidering the significance and meaning of youth in postwar France. Riding the New Wave advances a new methodological approach by considering age as a category of historical analysis comparable to, and in tandem with, race, class, and gender. This history reveals youth to be a central feature in France's recovery from the Second World War while also clarifying the international significance of youth in the tumultuous 1960s.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Prologue: From Liberation to Rejuvenation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I The Promise of Youth
Chapter 1 Youth of Today, France of Tomorrow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Chapter 2 Managing a Modernized France Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Chapter 3 Making the Future French Citizen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Part II The Problem of Youth
Chapter 4 Rehabilitating Delinquent France Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Chapter 5 Sex and the Cynical Girl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Chapter 6 Tarzan Under Attack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
Epilogue: From Hope to Threat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 384
Illustrations
- Other: 1 table, 22 illustrations

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Published: January 30, 2007
ISBN: 9781503626126