“This is not a rave”: An ethnography of changes in the Melbourne rave/dance party scene, 1996-2006
This thesis explores four changes associated with the commercialisation of the Melbourne rave/dance party scene: in the location, marketing and size of rave/dance party events; in the composition of attendees; in drug-related practices; and in the ‘vibe’ or atmosphere. I argue that these changes hav...
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Curtin University
2010
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| description | This thesis explores four changes associated with the commercialisation of the Melbourne rave/dance party scene: in the location, marketing and size of rave/dance party events; in the composition of attendees; in drug-related practices; and in the ‘vibe’ or atmosphere. I argue that these changes have produced nostalgic representations about past rave forms that can also be read as claims to ‘subcultural capital’ – that is, to the possession of an ‘authentic’ rave identity. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-20552017-02-20T06:39:13Z “This is not a rave”: An ethnography of changes in the Melbourne rave/dance party scene, 1996-2006 Siokou, Christine This thesis explores four changes associated with the commercialisation of the Melbourne rave/dance party scene: in the location, marketing and size of rave/dance party events; in the composition of attendees; in drug-related practices; and in the ‘vibe’ or atmosphere. I argue that these changes have produced nostalgic representations about past rave forms that can also be read as claims to ‘subcultural capital’ – that is, to the possession of an ‘authentic’ rave identity. 2010 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2055 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Siokou, Christine “This is not a rave”: An ethnography of changes in the Melbourne rave/dance party scene, 1996-2006 |
| title | “This is not a rave”: An ethnography of changes in the Melbourne rave/dance party scene, 1996-2006 |
| title_full | “This is not a rave”: An ethnography of changes in the Melbourne rave/dance party scene, 1996-2006 |
| title_fullStr | “This is not a rave”: An ethnography of changes in the Melbourne rave/dance party scene, 1996-2006 |
| title_full_unstemmed | “This is not a rave”: An ethnography of changes in the Melbourne rave/dance party scene, 1996-2006 |
| title_short | “This is not a rave”: An ethnography of changes in the Melbourne rave/dance party scene, 1996-2006 |
| title_sort | “this is not a rave”: an ethnography of changes in the melbourne rave/dance party scene, 1996-2006 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2055 |