Nightclub

Bouncers, Risk, and the Spectacle of Consumption

George S Rigakos author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Published:18th Mar '08

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Critiques the supposed liberating and expressive potential of nightclubs by theorizing them within the linked themes of risk, consumption and security in late capitalism.How the urban night is being redefined by club culture, violence and the bouncers who police it

"The author has a sophisticated understanding of the theoretical issues, and a nice eye for the unusual detail. Nightclub will be of interest to academics at all levels, and the sophisticated general reader." Mark Neocleous, Brunel University

ISBN: 9780773533615

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 518g

288 pages