Phantasmagoria of the Uncanny - Nomadism, Technique, and Aesthetics in the Psychedelic Rave

This book examines psychedelic rave music and culture with an emphasis on the multiday phantasmagoric festivals.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Instead of Introduction: Context, History, Questions
Chapter One: Institutional Accounts of a Spectacular Experience
Chapter Two: Sense and Phantasmagoria of the Uncanny in the Psychedelic Rave
Chapter Three: "Welcome to Paradise": Constructing the Psytrance Phantasmagoria
Chapter Four: Nomadic Subjects: Performing Festive Identities
Chapter Five: Somatic Enactments of Psychedelic (Bio)sociality
Addition: Marking the Body
Epilogue: In the Phantasmagoria of the Uncanny
Index
References
About the Author

About the author

By Leandros Kyriakopoulos

Product details

• Authors: Leandros Kyriakopoulos
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2024
• EAN: 9781666937251
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-725-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Dance, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Electronic, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Popular Music, Electronic Music, Electronic musical instruments