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Militant Around the Clock?: Left-Wing Youth Politics, Leisure, and Sexuality in Post-Dictatorship Greece, 1974-1981
Nikolaos Papadogiannis
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Description for Militant Around the Clock?: Left-Wing Youth Politics, Leisure, and Sexuality in Post-Dictatorship Greece, 1974-1981
Hardback. During the 1970s left-wing youth militancy in Greece intensified, especially after the collapse of the military dictatorship in 1974. This book is the first study of the impact of that political activism on the leisure pursuits and sexual behavior of Greek youth. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 348 pages, 9 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
During the 1970s left-wing youth militancy in Greece intensified, especially after the collapse of the military dictatorship in 1974. This book 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, Eurocommunists, 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 ... Read more
During the 1970s left-wing youth militancy in Greece intensified, especially after the collapse of the military dictatorship in 1974. This book 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, Eurocommunists, 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Protest, Culture and Society
Condition
New
Weight
671 g
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782386445
SKU
V9781782386445
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About Nikolaos Papadogiannis
Nikolaos Papadogiannis is a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Transnational History at the University of St. Andrews. He obtained his PhD in History from the University of Cambridge in 2010, and has published articles in international journals such as European History Quarterly, Contemporary European History, European Review and the Journal of Modern Greek Studies.
Reviews for Militant Around the Clock?: Left-Wing Youth Politics, Leisure, and Sexuality in Post-Dictatorship Greece, 1974-1981
Papadogiannis offers an impressive panorama of radicalized youth cultures of the left in post-authoritarian Greece. He manages to convey both the organizational outlook of this dense microcosm and the lived experience of the people at the time, historicizing masterfully this transitional moment in which young 'subjects in motion' acted as a metaphor for change... the book uncovers the social, cultural ... Read more