TY - JOUR
T1 - Mixed messages
T2 - Resistance and reappropriation in rave culture
AU - Ott, Brian L.
AU - Herman, Bill D.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2003/9/1
Y1 - 2003/9/1
N2 - This essay concerns the dynamic tension between resistance and reappropriation in the youth subcultural practice of raving. We argue that the transgressive potential of underground rave culture lies primarily in its privileging of communion, which is facilitated along the intersecting axes of social space, authorship, the body, and the drug Ecstasy. The commodification of rave culture is demonstrated to be linked to a shifting consciousness reflected in changing attitudes toward Ecstasy, the relocation of dance culture into clubs, and the redefinition of the DJ as artist and superstar. A concluding section considers the implications of resistance and reappropriation in rave culture for social change and the exercise of power.
AB - This essay concerns the dynamic tension between resistance and reappropriation in the youth subcultural practice of raving. We argue that the transgressive potential of underground rave culture lies primarily in its privileging of communion, which is facilitated along the intersecting axes of social space, authorship, the body, and the drug Ecstasy. The commodification of rave culture is demonstrated to be linked to a shifting consciousness reflected in changing attitudes toward Ecstasy, the relocation of dance culture into clubs, and the redefinition of the DJ as artist and superstar. A concluding section considers the implications of resistance and reappropriation in rave culture for social change and the exercise of power.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=25844447208&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10570310309374771
DO - 10.1080/10570310309374771
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:25844447208
VL - 67
SP - 249
EP - 270
JO - Western Journal of Communication
JF - Western Journal of Communication
SN - 1057-0314
IS - 3
ER -