ISBN:
9780415202138
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (253 p)
Series Statement:
Critical Geographies
Series Statement:
Critical Geographies Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Clubbing : Dancing, Ecstasy, Vitality
DDC:
305.242/0941
Keywords:
Popular culture
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Popular culture
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Offering an informative and intimate insight into the world of clubbing and the experiences of clubbers, this book presents a clear academic framework for study in this field
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Thanks; The beginnings; The night ahead; Clubbing contexts; Three starting points; Researching clubbing; The night out; Getting into it, feeling part of it; Getting into clubbing; Clubbing and coolness: distinctions and belongings; Getting into the club; Clubbing crowds and belongings; The dancer from the dance: the musical and dancing crowds of clubbing; Crowds and togetherness; Musical crowds; Dancing crowds; Spacings of dancing; Out of space, out of time; Moments of ecstasy: oceanic and ecstatic experiences in clubbing; The oceanic experience
Description / Table of Contents:
The ecstatic experienceA night on E: the use of ecstasy (MDMA) in the clubbing experience; The ecstatic and the oceanic in clubbing; Clubbing and playful vitality; Play and flow; Resistance and vitality; Clubbing as playful vitality; Going with the flow; Reflections; Introduction; Three stories of afterglow; Playing; consuming; fluxing; Nights out; Appendix: biographical snapshots of the clubbers; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
