“Surely people who go clubbing don’t read”: Dispatches from the Dancefloor and Clubland in Print
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Morrison, Simon A.Affiliation
University of ChesterPublication Date
2014-12-31
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In the context of the UK dance club scene during the 1990s, this article redresses a presumption that “people who go clubbing don’t read”. It will thereby test a proposed lacuna in original journalist voices in related print media. The examination is based on key UK publications that focus on the musical tropes and modes of the dancefloor, and on responses from a selection of authors and editors involved in British club culture during this era The style of this article is itself a methodology that deploys ‘gonzo’ strategies typical of earlier New Journalism, in reaching for a new approach to academicism. In seeking to discover whether the idea that clubbers do not read is due to inauthentic media re/presentations of their experience on the dancefloor, or with specific subcultural discourses, the article concludes that the authenticity of club cultural re/presentation may well be found in fictional responses.Citation
Morrison, S. A. (2014). "Surely people who go clubbing don’t read”: Dispatches from the dancefloor and clubland in print. IASPM Journal, 4(2), 71-84Journal
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http://www.iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/article/view/735Type
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A consideration of the music journalism that focused on the electronic music sphere, for a special edition of the IASPM journal focussed on music journalismISSN
2079-3871ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.5429/2079-3871(2014)V4I2.6EN
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