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Militant Around the Clock? : Left-Wing Youth Politics, Leisure, and Sexuality in Post-Dictatorship Greece, 1974-1981 / Nikolaos Papadogiannis.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Protest, Culture & Society ; 13Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (342 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781782386445
  • 9781782386452
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Transliteration -- Introduction Th e Post-Dictatorship Years From the Perspective of Leisure and Sexuality -- Part I Prelude -- Chapter 1 Cold War Consumers Cultural and Social Transformations in the 1960s and the Early 1970s -- Part II The Mid–1970s -- Chapter 2 The Left Gains Momentum -- Chapter 3 The Shadow of the Partisans -- Part III The Late 1970s -- Chapter 4 Breaches in the Wall -- Chapter 5 The “Moment” of the Occupations in 1979 and Its Echo -- Chapter 6 Sex and the Left-Wing Youth Around 1980 An Era of Controversy -- Conclusion The 1970s and Their Aftermath -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: During the 1970s, left-wing youth militancy in Greece intensified, especially after the collapse of the military dictatorship in 1974. This is the first study of the impact of that political activism on the leisure pursuits and sexual behavior of Greek youth, analyzing the cultural politics of left-wing organizations alongside the actual practices of their members. Through an examination of Maoists, Socialists, Euro-Communists, and pro-Soviet groups, it demonstrates that left-wing youth in Greece collaborated closely with comrades from both Western and Eastern European countries in developing their political stances. Moreover, young left-wingers in Greece appropriated American cultural products while simultaneously modeling some of their leisure and sexual practices on Soviet society. Still, despite being heavily influenced by cultures outside Greece, left-wing youth played a major role in the reinvention of a Greek “popular tradition.” This book critically interrogates the notion of “sexual revolution” by shedding light on the contradictory sexual transformations in Greece to which young left-wingers contributed.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Transliteration -- Introduction Th e Post-Dictatorship Years From the Perspective of Leisure and Sexuality -- Part I Prelude -- Chapter 1 Cold War Consumers Cultural and Social Transformations in the 1960s and the Early 1970s -- Part II The Mid–1970s -- Chapter 2 The Left Gains Momentum -- Chapter 3 The Shadow of the Partisans -- Part III The Late 1970s -- Chapter 4 Breaches in the Wall -- Chapter 5 The “Moment” of the Occupations in 1979 and Its Echo -- Chapter 6 Sex and the Left-Wing Youth Around 1980 An Era of Controversy -- Conclusion The 1970s and Their Aftermath -- Bibliography -- Index

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During the 1970s, left-wing youth militancy in Greece intensified, especially after the collapse of the military dictatorship in 1974. This is the first study of the impact of that political activism on the leisure pursuits and sexual behavior of Greek youth, analyzing the cultural politics of left-wing organizations alongside the actual practices of their members. Through an examination of Maoists, Socialists, Euro-Communists, and pro-Soviet groups, it demonstrates that left-wing youth in Greece collaborated closely with comrades from both Western and Eastern European countries in developing their political stances. Moreover, young left-wingers in Greece appropriated American cultural products while simultaneously modeling some of their leisure and sexual practices on Soviet society. Still, despite being heavily influenced by cultures outside Greece, left-wing youth played a major role in the reinvention of a Greek “popular tradition.” This book critically interrogates the notion of “sexual revolution” by shedding light on the contradictory sexual transformations in Greece to which young left-wingers contributed.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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