Clubbing: Dancing, Ecstasy, VitalityClubbing explores the cultures and spaces of clubbing. Divided into three sections: Beginnings, The Night Out and Reflections, Clubbing includes first-hand accounts of clubbing experiences, framing these accounts within the relevant research and a review of clubbing in late-1990s Britain. Malbon particularly focuses on: the codes of social interaction among clubbers issues of gender and sexuality the effects of music the role of ecstasy clubbing as a playful act and personal interpretations of clubbing experiences. |
Contents
PART | 35 |
Clubbing and playful vitality | 134 |
Clubbing as playful vitality | 151 |
PART THREE | 167 |
Playingconsuming fluxing | 180 |
Notes | 199 |
Index | 228 |
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