[Dancecult-l] Culture and Religion: special ed on EDMC

[Graham St John]

Hi Adam. As I understand - it should be available from T&F soon. 
Sorry - was a bit premature.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1475-5610&linktype=2

Graham

>Wow....this looks great Graham....do you have any idea when this 
>issue will be out?  More specifically, do you have any idea when it 
>will be made available online?  As of today this issue is not 
>available.
>
>Cheers
>ads
>
>>From: Graham St John <g.stjohn at city.ac.uk>
>>To: Dancecult-l at listcultures.org
>>Subject: [Dancecult-l] Culture and Religion: special ed on EDMC
>>Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 00:58:29 +0100
>>
>>
>>Just out. The special edition of Culture and Religion on EDMC. 
>>Heres the contents with abstracts.
>>
>>
>>
>>Culture and Religion 7(1) 2006 (special edition - Electronic Dance 
>>Music Culture and Religion, edited by Graham St John)
>>
>>Electronic Dance Music Culture and Religion: An Overview
>>Graham St John
>>
>>Abstract The following provides a comprehensive and critical 
>>overview of existing research that investigates the 
>>religio-spiritual dimensions of electronic dance music culture 
>>(from disco, through house to post-rave forms). Studies of the 
>>culture and religion of EDMC are explored under four broad 
>>groupings: the cultural religion of EDMC expressed through 'ritual' 
>>and 'festal'; subjectivity, corporeality and the phenomenological 
>>dance experience (especially 'ecstasy' and 'trance'); the dance 
>>community and a sense of belonging (the 'vibe' and 'tribes'); and 
>>EDMC as a new 'spirituality of life'. Moving beyond the cultural 
>>Marxist approaches of the 1970s which held youth (sub)cultural 
>>expressions as 'ineffectual' and 'tragic', and the postmodernist 
>>approaches of the early 1990s which held rave to be an 'implosion 
>>of meaning', recent anthropological and sociological approaches 
>>recognise that the various manifestations of this youth cultural 
>>phenomenon possess meaning, purpose and significance for 
>>participants. Contemporary scholarship thus conveys the presence of 
>>religiosity and spirituality within contemporary popular cultural 
>>formations. In conclusion, I suggest that this and continuing 
>>scholarship can offer useful counterpoint to at least one recent 
>>account (of clubbing) which overlooks the significance of EDMC 
>>through a restricted and prejudiced apprehension of 'religion'.
>>
>>
>>The Mainstream Post-rave Club Scene as Secondary Institution: A 
>>British Perspective
>>Gordon Lynch and Emily Badger
>>
>>Abstract The article focuses on the importance of analysing the 
>>mainstream post-rave dance scene in the context of studies of the 
>>religious significance of electronic dance cultures. Drawing on 
>>their own ethnographic research, as well as other recent comparable 
>>studies in Britain, the authors argue that the mainstream post-rave 
>>dance scene is a 'secondary institution' supporting the new social 
>>form of religion identified by Luckmann (1967), which emphasises 
>>self-realization and self-expression. The study serves as an 
>>invitation to re-consider the definition of 'religion' in relation 
>>to electronic dance cultures and points to the role of mainstream 
>>leisure industries in supporting contemporary secular worldviews.
>>
>>
>>The Spiritual and the Revolutionary: Alternative Spirituality, 
>>British Free Festivals, and the Emergence of Rave Culture
>>Christopher Partridge
>>
>>Abstract This article examines the sacralization of festival and 
>>rave culture.  Beginning with an exploration of the British free 
>>festival as a site of countercultural ideology and alternative 
>>spirituality, it traces the spiritual and ideological lines of 
>>continuity between the free festivals that took place with 
>>increasing frequency in Britain throughout the 1970s and into the 
>>1980s and the rave culture of the 1980s and 1990s.
>>
>>
>>The Spiritual Economy of Nightclubs and Raves: Osho Sannyasins as 
>>Party Promoters in Ibiza and Pune/Goa.
>>Anthony D'Andrea
>>
>>Abstract Interrogating the fusion of 'religion' and 'leisure' in 
>>contemporary societies, this article analyses how adepts of a 
>>countercultural religiosity (Osho sannyasins) have influenced the 
>>club and rave scenes in Ibiza ('clubbing capital of the world'), 
>>Pune and Goa (global centers of self-spirituality and digital 
>>dance). As 'rave studies' has concentrated on the experiential 
>>dimension of raving, this article focuses instead on the 
>>socio-economic components of a 'nomadic spirituality' that 
>>underlies multiple forms of digital dance culture throughout the 
>>world. It compares four cases of dance parties (exotic, up-market, 
>>underground, and resort), all of which are promoted and attended by 
>>Osho sannyasins both in Ibiza and India. Such nomadic spirituality 
>>is evinced by the conjunction of transpersonal experiences, spatial 
>>displacements and expatriate identities found among ravers and 
>>sannyasins. The article concludes that the commodification of 
>>alternative lifestyles by tourism, entertainment and real-estate 
>>industries indexes not only the ambivalent desires of mainstream 
>>societies toward utopian lifestyles; it also suggests that 
>>transnational countercultures constitute a privileged analytical 
>>site that anticipates emerging social trends and predicaments of 
>>complex globalisation.
>>
>>
>>Churched Ibiza: Christianity and Club Culture
>>Stella Sai-Chun Lau
>>
>>Abstract This article investigates the relationship between 
>>Christianity and club culture based on a case study of a Christian 
>>mission, 24-7 Mission, conducted on Ibiza, known as 'the Mecca of 
>>house music and club culture' (in the summer of 2003. Drawing on 
>>field research undertaken on Ibiza, this article discusses how a 
>>Christian youth group engages with club culture. Adopting an 
>>ethnographic approach allowing 'a microsociological' focus it 
>>interrogates the issues of 'spirituality' and 'community' in 
>>electronic dance music culture. My analysis is concentrated on 
>>members of the 24-7 mission team and the ways in which 
>>spirituality, community and dance music are discussed, leading to 
>>arguments about how members appraise and use popular music within 
>>their 'ministry'.
>>
>>
>>The Nine O'Clock Service: Mixing Club Culture and Postmodern Christianity
>>Rupert Till
>>
>>Abstract This article investigates the interaction between popular 
>>culture and religion. It describes how club (or rave) culture 
>>presents itself as oppositional to mainstream culture and how it 
>>integrates elements of religion and spirituality. Addressing the 
>>adoption of club cultural elements within the Christian church, it 
>>then explores in detail the work of the Nine O'Clock Service (NOS), 
>>an Episcopal church in Sheffield, England. It describes NOS events 
>>(with particular attention to the use of multimedia arts) and 
>>discusses the development and growth of the alternative worship 
>>movement. It demonstrates how NOS adopted an actively postmodern 
>>agenda and pioneered the appropriation of culturally relevant music 
>>and arts from popular culture, commenting on the challenges this 
>>presents to the Christian church.
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