L'affaire Gabrielle Russier - article ; n°1 ; vol.33, pg 56-64

Corinne Bouchoux

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Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire - Année 1992 - Volume 33 - Numéro 1 - Pages 56-64
The Gabrielle Russier affair, Corinne Bouchoux.
In the summer and the fall of 1969, Gabrielle Russier, a professor of literature in a Marseille lycée, was judged and condemned for having had a love affair with one of her students. An emblematic figure and a victim for some, and a seductress and guilty woman for others, the teacher found herself confronted with three institutions that were under going a deep crisis : the family, the school, the judiciary. Beyond a conflict between individuals who wanted to apply 1968 ideas and those who defended traditional values, this human interest story revealed some of the contradictions French society was experiencing, at a time when the events of May had not yet been overcome.
9 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Publié par: VINGTIEME_SIECLE-_REVUE_D-HISTOIRE
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1992
• Nombre de lectures: 42
• Langue: Français

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Corinne Bouchoux

L'affaire Gabrielle Russier

In: Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire. N°33, janvier-mars 1992. pp. 56-64.

Abstract

The Gabrielle Russier affair, Corinne Bouchoux.

In the summer and the fall of 1969, Gabrielle Russier, a professor of literature in a Marseille lycée, was judged and condemned

for having had a love affair with one of her students. An emblematic figure and a victim for some, and a seductress and guilty

woman for others, the teacher found herself confronted with three institutions that were under going a deep crisis : the family, the

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traditional values, this human interest story revealed some of the contradictions French society was experiencing, at a time when

the " events of May " had not yet been overcome.

Citer ce document / Cite this document :

Bouchoux Corinne. L'affaire Gabrielle Russier. In: Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire. N°33, janvier-mars 1992. pp. 56-64.

doi : 10.3406/xxs.1992.2488

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/xxs_0294-1759_1992_num_33_1_2488