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11 of the Best Books and Articles on: Raves and Raving

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Mixed Messages: Resistance and Reappropriation in Rave Culture, in Western Journal of Communication » Read Now
by Brian L. Ott, Bill D. Herman. 22 pgs.

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Raves, Risks and the Ecstacy Panic: A Case Study in the Subversive Nature of Moral Regulation, in Canadian Journal of Sociology » Read Now
by Sean P. Hier. 26 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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The Canadian Rave Scene and Five Theses on Youth Resistance, in Canadian Journal of Sociology » Read Now
by Brian Wilson. 42 pgs.

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Generation E: British Rave, in Artforum International » Read Now
by Simon Reynolds. 4 pgs.

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The Post-subcultures Reader (Chap. 5 "Post-rave Technotribalism and the Carnival of Protest") » Read Now
by David Muggleton, Rupert Weinzierl. 324 pgs.

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Once it was just Mods and Rockers or Hippies and Skinheads. Now we have Riot Grrls and Rappers; Modern Primitives and Metalheads; Goths, Clubcultures and Fetishists; Urban Tribes, New Age Travellers and Internet fan groups. In a global society with a rapid proliferation of images, fashions and...
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Once it was just Mods and Rockers or Hippies and Skinheads. Now we have Riot Grrls and Rappers; Modern Primitives and Metalheads; Goths, Clubcultures and Fetishists; Urban Tribes, New Age Travellers and Internet fan groups. In a global society with a rapid proliferation of images, fashions and lifestyles, it is -unsurprisingly - becoming increasingly difficult to pinpoint what 'subculture actually means. Enthusiastically adopted by the media and academia, subculture may be a convenient way to describe more unconventional aspects of youth culture, but it does little to help us comprehend the diverse range of youth groups in todays so-called postmodern world. How can we begin to rethink, reformulate and replace outdated notions of subcultures to make them applicable to the experiences of youth in the twenty-first century? And to what extent does this involve the challenging of past orthodoxies about spectacular subcultural styles?From Seattle anarchist punks to UK Asian underground music, Canadian female X-Files fans to Australian dance cultures, this groundbreaking book draws on a wide variety of international case studies to investigate the new relationships among youth subcultural music, politics and taste. Is it possible to work within the existing limitations of subculture, or has the concept exhausted its usefulness? Can attempts at re-conceptualization, such as neo-tribes, sub-streams and micro-networks, adequately capture the experience of fragmentation, flux and fluidity that is central to contemporary youth culture?This timely book is the first to challenge and reconsider the use of subculture. In doing so, it questions the possibility and relevance of what might be termed post-subcultural studies and helps to chart the emergence of a new paradigm for the study of youth subculture.
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Riding the Rave Scene, in The Advocate » Read Now
by Benoit Denizet-Lewis. 3 pgs.

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Club Cultures and Female Subjectivity: The Move from Home to House (Includes discussion of raves and raving in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Maria Pini. 204 pgs.

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This book explores the significance which contemporary club cultures can come to have for women living through a time of radical sexual-political change. The book focuses upon the experiential accounts of different "raving" and clubbing women by illustrating how new, and more appropriate, fictions...
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This book explores the significance which contemporary club cultures can come to have for women living through a time of radical sexual-political change. The book focuses upon the experiential accounts of different "raving" and clubbing women by illustrating how new, and more appropriate, fictions of femininity are generated within these accounts. Focus upon these aspects reveals the limitations of reading today's club cultures as indicators of a sexual-political regression.
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The Virtual Embodied: Presence/Practice/Technology (Discussion of raves and raving begins on p. 168) » Read Now
by John Wood. 226 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

The Virtual Embodied is intended to inform, provoke and delight. It explores the ideas of embodiment, knowledge, space, virtue and virtuality to address fundamental questions about technology and human presence. It juxtaposes cutting-edge theories, polemics, and creative practices to uncover...
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The Virtual Embodied is intended to inform, provoke and delight. It explores the ideas of embodiment, knowledge, space, virtue and virtuality to address fundamental questions about technology and human presence. It juxtaposes cutting-edge theories, polemics, and creative practices to uncover ethical, aesthetic and ecological implications of why, how and in particular where, human actions, observations and insights take place.In The Virtual Embodied , many of the authors, artists, performers and designers apply their interdisciplinary passions to questions of embodied knowledge and virtual space. In doing so it chooses to acknowledge the limitations of the conventional linear book and uses them creatively to challenge existing genres of multi-media and networked consumerism.
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Inside Clubbing: Sensual Experiments in the Art of Being Human ("Club Drugs" begins on p. 58) » Read Now
by Phil Jackson. 189 pgs.

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Inside Clubbing puts the spotlight on club culture - in all its sweaty, visceral and seductive glory. Moving from hip-hop clubs to fetish events and beyond, the author guides us through the huge spectrum of the contemporary club experience.Drawing on interviews with clubbers from a variety of...
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Inside Clubbing puts the spotlight on club culture - in all its sweaty, visceral and seductive glory. Moving from hip-hop clubs to fetish events and beyond, the author guides us through the huge spectrum of the contemporary club experience.Drawing on interviews with clubbers from a variety of backgrounds, the author dispels myths and offers new insight into the clubbing scene. Contrary to popular perception, for example, clubbing is not just for youths. The clubbers in Inside Clubbing range from mid-twenties to mid-fifties. Many have been on the scene for years and offer a historical perspective on changes over the last decade. The range of clubs and clubbers discussed also demonstrates the diversity of club culture its more than just an ecstasy-fuelled dance scene. Taking us into queer, trance, Asian, techno, drum n bass, and sex clubs - among others - Inside Clubbing explores the real practice of clubbing. It looks at what people experience and how it affects them, as well as their values and concerns - from friendship and community to drugs, the body, and life outside the clubbing space.This book breaks new ground in offering us the most balanced and sophisticated understanding of the club scene to date.
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture ("Rave" begins on p. 448) » Read Now
by Peter Childs, Mike Storry. 630 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Boasting more than 970 alphabetically-arranged entries, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture surveys British cultural practices and icons in the latter half of...
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Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech ("Ravers and Gilders" begins on p. 14) » Read Now
by Paulina Borsook. 288 pgs.

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...Journalist & provocateur Paulina Borsook offers up a sparkling, hip, witty expedition through the subcultures of cyberculture. Boorsook has been stirring up controversy in...