Discographies: Dance, Music, Culture and the Politics of Sound

by Ewan Pearson and Jeremy Gilbert

Book Overview

Experiencing disco, hip hop, house, techno, drum 'n' bass and garage, Discographies plots a course through the transatlantic dance scene of the last last twenty-five years. It discusses the problems posed by contemporary dance culture of both academic and cultural study and finds these origins in the history of opposition to music as a source of sensory pleasure.
Discussing such issues as technology, club space. drugs, the musical body, gender,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415170338
• ISBN13: 9780415170338
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"