Sexo, Marx y nova cançó. Género, política y vida privada en la juventud comunista de los años setenta

Abstract

In the last years of Francoism and during the Transition, many young men and women became interested in politics and identified with the new youth culture in the western world. In the long established Spanish Communist Party, the arrival of this new generation led the organization to be more open to the changes taking place in Spanish society. In the radical new left parties, most militants belonged to a younger generation which sought to distance itself from the francoist political, social and moral models. Young militant women who were in contact with feminist ideas proposed new debates and demanded equal treatment, influencing the political action and private life of the membership. When contradictions between feminist discourses and practices arose, these young women demanded coherency in their parties and personal relationships, and contributed to changes in female and male identities in their various political cultures.