Welcome to the Club - The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJ

Featuring a foreword from Annie MacAn inspiring memoir-manifesto from one of the UK's leading DJs.In Welcome to the club, Manchester legend DJ Paulette shares the highs, lows and lessons of her thirty-year music career, with insights from some famous friends.As one of the Hacienda's pioneering female DJs, Paulette has reached the pinnacle of the music industry, performing for crowds of thousands worldwide. She offers a remarkable perspective from a Black woman's viewpoint, arguing that despite dance music's core values of peace, love, unity and respect, it remains a world rife with exclusion, misogyny, racism and classism. Yet, as Paulette reveals, it is also a space teeming with powerful women.Part personal memoir, part call to action, Welcome to the club exposes the exclusivity of the music industry while honouring the often invisible women who keep the rhythm alive.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: DJ Paulette
• Collaboration: Annie Macmanus (Préface)
• Edition: Manchester University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 29.04.2025
• EAN: 9781526183569
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-8356-9
• Pages: 264
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Général, dictionnaires; Manchester, Memoirs, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Electronic, Music Industry, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+, Electronic Music, EDM (Electronic Dance Music), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs