Free love paid love : expressions of affection in Mykonos.

"Nowhere in Cycladic culture has love been defined in a singular all-encompassing manner. Forces of attraction, affection, connection, and relation were ascribed in a plurality of ways. This book gathers fragments of expressions of affection across the islands of Mykonos and Delos, the tax haven of antiquity. From 17th-century transactions of love involving pirates, slaves, and Mykonians, to naturist communities reliving sexual freedom in the 1960s-70s, to 21st-century tourists in search of love - free or paid - Mykonos has long defined itself as a self-ruling place far away from realities lived elsewhere."-- Provided by publisher.