A cultural history of global electronic dance music
countercultures, "Technomad" explores the pleasurable and activist
trajectories of post-rave. The book documents an emerging network
of techno-tribes, exploring their pleasure principles and cultural
politics. Attending to sound system culture,
electro-humanitarianism, secret sonic societies, teknivals and
other gatherings, intentional parties, revitalisation movements and
counter-colonial interventions, "Technomad" investigates how the
dance party has been harnessed for transgressive and progressive
ends, for manifold freedoms. Seeking freedom from moral
prohibitions and standards, pleasure in rebellion, refuge from
sexual and gender prejudice, exile from oppression, rupturing
aesthetic boundaries, re-enchanting the world, reclaiming space,
fighting for 'the right to party', and responding to a host of
critical concerns, electronic dance music cultures are multivalent
sites of resistance. Drawing on extensive ethnographic, netographic
and documentary research, "Technomad" details the post-rave
trajectory through various local sites and global scenes, with each
chapter attending to unique developments in the techno
counterculture: example Spiral Tribe, teknivals, psytrance, Burning
Man, Reclaim the Streets, Earthdream. The book offers an original
nuanced theory of resistance to assist understanding of these
developments. This cultural history of hitherto uncharted territory
will be of interest to students of cultural, performance, music,
media, and new social movement studies, along with enthusiasts of
dance culture and popular politics.
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