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Dance Music
A Feminist Account of an Ordinary Culture
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This book will appeal to readers interested in arts and culture, particularly those captivated by music's social impact, club culture, and political dimensions of dance communities. It is suited for both academic and general readers seeking a critical yet accessible analysis of dance music beyond its entertainment value.
"A candid reevaluation of dance music as an everyday culture that reproduces social inequalities"--
A candid reevaluation of dance music as an everyday culture that reproduces social inequalities.
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For some people, at some times, in some places, on some drugs, dance music can be a gateway to transformative, even transcendent experiences. With the help of skilled DJs, dancers can reach euphoric states, discard their egos, and feel social barriers dissolve. Dance floors can be sites of openness, subversion, and even small-scale acts of political resistance. At a minimum, dance music lightens the burdens of contemporary life. At its best, dance music offers glimpses of better worlds.
Yet even where dance music communities are built on principles of resistance and liberation, they nevertheless share the grittier realities of the rest of the world.
Dance Music makes the case that dance music is ordinary and that something exceeding the social and spatiotemporal bounds of the dance floor is required for the transformative promise of dance music to be realised.
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Praised as a standout amid recent works on dance music and club culture, this book is recognised for its nuanced treatment of dance floors as sites of both community and risk. Reviewer Will Straw commends Dr Gadir for carefully examining popular notions of transcendence in club experiences, highlighting the political complexities involved. The book is well-written, thoroughly researched, and regarded as a significant contribution to the field.
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ISBN: 9781501346408
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 September 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Audience: Tertiary education
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Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 147.0mm
Height: 224.0mm
Weight: 315g
Pages: 216
About the Author
Tami Gadir is Lecturer in Music Industry at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Gadir’s research addresses the social and political mechanisms of musical life.
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