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Exploring dress, identity and performance in contemporary dance music culture

Dewi Jaimangal-Jones, Annette Pritchard, Nigel Morgan Orcid Logo

Leisure Studies, Volume: 34, Issue: 5, Pages: 603 - 620

Swansea University Author: Nigel Morgan Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/02614367.2014.962580

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Electronic dance music and its associated cultures have experienced significant growth and diversification in recent decades, evolving from their origins in the warehouse, acid house and rave ‘scenes’. The myriad of interrelated scenes under the umbrella term ‘dance culture’ provides a range of aest...

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Published in: Leisure Studies
ISSN: 0261-4367 1466-4496
Published: 2014
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