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

by Jobs, Richard Ivan

• ISBN13: 9780804754538
• ISBN10: 0804754535
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-30
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

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 Waveadvances 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.

Author Biography

Richard Ivan Jobs is Assistant Professor of History at Pacific University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Prologue From Liberation to Rejuvenation	p. 1
The Promise of Youth
Youth of Today, France of Tomorrow	p. 19
Managing a Modernized France	p. 53
Making the Future French Citizen	p. 92
The Problem of Youth
Rehabilitating Delinquent France	p. 141
Sex and The Cynical Girl	p. 185
Tarzan Under Attack	p. 232
Epilogue From Hope to Threat	p. 269
Notes	p. 285
Bibliography	p. 331
Index	p. 353
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