1968 in Retrospect - by G Bhambra & I Demir (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This volume examines the protest movements of 1968 from innovative perspectives. With contributions from leading social theorists the book reflects on the untold narratives of race, gender and sexuality and critically addresses the standard theoretical assumptions of 1968 to discuss overlooked perspectives.

Review Quotes

'it is best described as a set of reflections on the intellectual consequences of the events of that year. Social movement scholars are thus just as likely to find nuggets of insight on particular theoretical and intellectual questions as any other reader.'

- Social Movement Studies

About the Author

MAUD ANNE BRACKE is Lecturer of Modern European History at the University of Glasgow, UK PATRICIA HILL COLLINS is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, USA STEPHEN FROSH is Pro-Vice-Master, Head of the School of Psychosocial Studies and Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK SALLY HINES is Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy and the 'Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies' (CIGS) at the University of Leeds, UK JOHN HOLMWOOD is Professor of Sociology at the University of Birmingham, UK SARAH HORNSTEIN is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at York University in Toronto, Canada WILLIAM OUTHWAITE is Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University, UK MIHNEA PANU teaches sociology at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada KEN PLUMMER previously taught at Essex University, UK and at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA LYNNE SEGAL is Anniversary Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK TRACEY SKILLINGTON teaches in the Department of Sociology, University College Cork, Ireland LEO ZEILIG works in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa