Fight, flight, or chill : subcultures, youth and rave into the twenty-first century / Brian Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Brian, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rave culture--Ontario.

Rave culture.

Youth--Recreation--Ontario.

Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fight, Flight or Chill explores the extent to which raver youths' experiences are constrained or determined by individualistic, high-tech, mass-mediated Western culture in which alienated and unfulfilled youth are apparently more at-risk for escapist and thrill-seeking behaviours. Wilson considers how raver youth creatively and proactively subvert these constraints in novel and empowering ways - from political activism to symbolic and stylistic expressions of resistance to community-building efforts. He also discusses the globalization and political economy of rave and youth culture and examines the ideologies that underlie simple solutions to the complex concerns over young people today.

Contents:

Introduction: Youth culture, complexity, and rave

Part one. Rave culture, history, and social experience. From New York to Ibiza to Britain to Toronto: rave histories, contexts, and panics

Doctrines, disappointments, and dance: perspectives and activities in the rave scene

Making impressions, making investments: identities, relationships, commitments, and rave

Part two. Reading rave, interpreting youth culture. Fight, flight, or chill: reconsidering youth subcultural resistance

Marketing "The vibe": community, nostalgia, political economy, and rave

Conclusion. Raise a fist? Reflections on theory and practice

Appendix 1: Comments about method and theory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612866616

9780773585379

0773585370

9781282866614

1282866613

9780773576162

0773576169

OCLC:

646699461