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Club Cultures (Music/Culture)

by Sarah Thornton

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Publisher Comments:

Focusing on youth cultures that revolve around dance clubs and raves in Great Britain and the U.S., Sarah Thornton highlights the values of authenticity and hipness and explores the complex hierarchies that emerge within the domain of popular culture. She portrays club cultures as taste cultures brought together by micro-media like flyers and listings, transformed into self-conscious subcultures by such niche media as the music and style press, and sometimes recast as movements with the aid of such mass media as tabloid newspaper front pages. She also traces changes in the recording medium from a marginal entertainment in the 50s to the clubs and raves of the 90s.

Drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Thornton coins the term subcultural capital to make sense of distinctions made by cool youth, noting particularly their disparagement of the mainstream against which they measure their alternative cultural worth. Well supported with case studies, readable, and innovative, Club Cultures will become a key text in cultural and media studies and in the sociology of culture.

Synopsis:

A close look at the music and culture of dance clubs and the "rave" phenomenon..

Synopsis:

Sarah Thornton highlights the values of authenticity and hipness and explores the complex hierarchies that emerge within the domain of popular culture.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-187) and index.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780819562975
Author:
Thornton, Sarah
Publisher:
Wesleyan University Press
Location:
Hanover :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Great britain
Subject:
Social life and customs
Subject:
Mass media
Subject:
History & Criticism *
Subject:
Popular Culture
Subject:
Music
Subject:
Subculture
Subject:
Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century.
Subject:
Discotheques.
Subject:
Music and youth.
Subject:
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Subject:
Bars
Subject:
History & Criticism - General
Subject:
Popular Culture - General
Subject:
Mass Media - General
Subject:
Media Studies
Subject:
Subculture -- Great Britain.
Subject:
Great Britain Social life and customs.
Copyright:
1996
Edition Number:
1st U.S. ed.
Edition Description:
Us
Series:
Music/culture
Series Volume:
no. TR-114
Publication Date:
January 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
201
Dimensions:
9.28x5.84x.60 in. .69 lbs.
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