Dance, drugs, and escape
Subtitle: the club scene in literature, film, and television since the late 1980s
By: Stan Beeler.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786430017
Subjects: Subculture; Discotheques -- Social aspects; Subculture films
Description: "This study deals with the effects of film, television and literature on club culture. Chapters reflect club culture's own effect on crime, ethnicity, sexuality and drug use. Each chapter focuses on individual books, films and television shows that reflect the transformation of the club culture into what it is today"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The rise and fall of club culture : idealism to economics; title: Crime and club life; title: Whose club is it anyway? : ethnicity and club culture; title: It's raining men : representations of gay lifestyle in club fiction; title: Drugs, sex and disco dancing; title: Take the money and run : exploitation of rave culture; title: Conclusion.