Dance Music Spaces - Clubs, Clubbers, and Djs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and

Using a concept she calls authenticity maneuvering to explain how clubs, clubbers, and DJs navigate authenticity, branding, and commercialism, Danielle Hidalgo argues that the strategic use of a rave ethos bolsters acceptance in dance music spaces while also making commercial practices less visible or problematic.

List of contents

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction "This Must Be the Place": Making Sense of Dance Music Today

Chapter 1: Experiencing Bliss: Spaces of Respite, Release and Transcendence in Dance Music

Chapter 2: The Blessed Madonna, Honey Dijon, and Peggy Gou: Different Kinds of DJs

Chapter 3: Contemporary Dance Music Spaces and Their Dance Floors: A Snapshot

Chapter 4: "We Still Believe. Do You?": Navigating and Challenging the Business of Contemporary Dance Music

Conclusion: Future Possibilities for Dance Music: "Never for Money, Always for Love" and Other Challenges

Bibliography

About the Author

About the author

Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico and author of Dance Music Spaces: Clubs, Clubbers, and DJs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and Commercialism.

Summary

Using a concept she calls authenticity maneuvering to explain how clubs, clubbers, and DJs navigate authenticity, branding, and commercialism, Danielle Hidalgo argues that the strategic use of a rave ethos bolsters acceptance in dance music spaces while also making commercial practices less visible or problematic.

Product details

• Authors: Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo, Hidalgo Danielle Antoinette
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781793607560
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-756-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Critical Perspectives on Music and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Electronic, Urban communities, Electronic Music, Electronic musical instruments, Urban communities / city life