Technomad - Global Raving Countercultures - Graham St John

Technomad - Global Raving Countercultures - Graham St John

Rebel Sounds and Dance Activism: Rave and the Carnival of Protest

Technomad - Global Raving Countercultures - Graham St John

Graham St John [+-]
Griffith University
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Graham St John is the author of several books including Global Tribe: Technology, Spirituality and Psytrance (2012), Technomad: Global Raving Countercultures (2009) and the edited collections The Local Scenes and Global Culture of Psytrance (2010), Victor Turner and Contemporary Cultural Performance (2008), Rave Culture and Religion (2004) and FreeNRG: Notes From the Edge of the Dance Floor (2001). He is Adjunct Research Fellow at Griffith University and is Executive Editor of Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture.

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Chapter 6, “Rebel Sounds and Dance Activism: Rave and the Carnival of Protest,” investigates the intentional or conscious dimensions of dance. It explores the role of EDMC in the Reclaim the Streets protestival and subsequent carnivalesque protest mobilizations. Documenting an Australian “groovement” for legitimate presence.

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St John, Graham. Rebel Sounds and Dance Activism: Rave and the Carnival of Protest. Technomad - Global Raving Countercultures. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 194-234 Nov 2009. ISBN 9781845536268. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=25373. Date accessed: 28 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.25373. Nov 2009

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