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Fight, Flight, or Chill

Subcultures, Youth, and Rave into the Twenty-First Century

by (author) Brian Wilson

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2006
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773530133
    Publish Date
    Mar 2006
    List Price
    $125.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773530614
    Publish Date
    Mar 2006
    List Price
    $37.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773585379
    Publish Date
    Mar 2006
    List Price
    $29.95

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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.

About the author

Brian Wilson is associate professor, cultural studies and sociology, School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia.

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