Sarah Thornton is Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Sussex and coeditor of The Subcultures Reader (1996).
"A wonderful book, a delight to read, and a real contribution to
the literature on popular music and youth culture and to the
broader literature of cultural studies and popular
culture."--Lawrence Grossberg, University of North CarolinaChapel
Hill
"A wonderful book, a delight to read, and a real contribution to
the literature on popular music and youth culture and to the
broader literature of cultural studies and popular
culture."--Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill
"One of the smartest and most audacious pieces of musical sociology
in years, Club Cultures anatomizes Britain's turn-of-the-'90s dance
scene with the style and sympathy that Dick Hebdige's classic
Subculture applied to punk."--Spin Magazine
"A highly accessible yet rigorously written study of popular
culture, with some pertinent points about what clubbing means for
the gals . . . An important contribution not only to current media
debates, but also that oft overlooked question of club music and
gender."--Everywoman
"Imagine a book that could be subtitled Everything You Always
Wanted to Know About Dance But Didn't Even Know Such Questions
Existed."--Q magazine (three star rating)
"One of the smartest and most audacious pieces of musical sociology
in years, Club Cultures anatomizes Britain's turn-of-the-'90s dance
scene with the style and sympathy that Dick Hebdige's classic
Subculture applied to punk."--Spin Magazine
"Skipping from discos to acid houses to raves, the world within the
scene is dissected by theoretical insight and first hand experience
. . . Thornton never falls short on hipster jargon."--Bikini
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