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.