Discographies: Dance, Music, Culture and the Politics of SoundExperiencing 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. |
Contents
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MUSIC MEANING AND PLEASURE From Plato to disco | 38 |
THE METAPHYSICS OF MUSIC | 54 |
TAKE YOUR PARTNER BY THE HAND Dance music gender and sexuality | 83 |
METAL MACHINE MUSICS Technology subjectivity and reception | 110 |
NO MUSIC NO DANCING Capitalist modernity and the legacy of Puritanism | 146 |
THE POLITICS OF POPULAR CULTURE | 158 |
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Discographies: Dance, Music, Culture and the Politics of Sound Jeremy Gilbert,Ewan Pearson Limited preview - 2002 |
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