In the decades after World War II, French ideas about gender and family life underwent dramatic changes, laying the groundwork for the sexual revolution of the 1960s. This book offers a broad view of changing lives and ideas about love, courtship, marriage, giving birth, parenting, childhood, and adolescence in France from the Vichy regime to the sexual revolution of 1960s.

From the Liberation purges to the Barbie trial, France has struggled with the memory of the Vichy experience: a memory of defeat, occupation, and repression. In this provocative study, Henry Rousso examines how this proud nation has dealt with les années noires. Specifically, he studies what the French have chosen to remember--and to conceal.

CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.

The contributors explore the pleasures and torments of love and sexuality as depicted in the work of six writers: Rachilde, Colette, Leduc, Wittig, Cixous, and Duras. In addition, the introduction addresses the critical attention paid to women's erotic writing, the diverse areas of inquiry raised by the authors cited, the cultural and political background against which such writing has developed, and the impact these issues have had and continue to have on the current state of women's erotic writing in France. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This paperback is derived from the last third of the 20th Century Europe text-designed for the increasing number of courses splitting up traditional modern European history. The text is contemporary, student-oriented, and balances a strong political focus with an economic and social perspective. The text features profiles of major historical figures.-- Provided by publisher.

"Text is contemporary, student-oriented, and balances a strong political focus with an economic and social perspective. The text features profiles of major historical figures and a photo essay on the Holocaust."-- Provided by publisher.