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Fight, Flight, or Chill

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Rave is one of the first distinct and significant youth subcultures to emerge since the early days of punk rockers and skinheads. A middle-class culture renowned for drug use, computer-generated "t...
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  • 01 August 2010
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Fight, Flight or Chill explores the extent to which raver youths' experiences are constrained or determined by individualistic, high-tech, mass-mediated Western culture in which alienated and unfulfilled youth are apparently more at-risk for escapist and thrill-seeking behaviours. Wilson considers how raver youth creatively and proactively subvert these constraints in novel and empowering ways - from political activism to symbolic and stylistic expressions of resistance to community-building efforts. He also discusses the globalization and political economy of rave and youth culture and examines the ideologies that underlie simple solutions to the complex concerns over young people today.
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Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Date: 01 August 2010
ISBN: 9780773576162
Format: eBook
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
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Brian Wilson is associate professor, cultural studies and sociology, School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia.