Nightclub
Bouncers, Risk, and the Spectacle of Consumption
Format:Paperback
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: 9780773533622
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 398g
288 pages