| Description |
1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Music/culture |
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Disco : the premise for underground dance music -- The cult and culture of the DJ -- The dancers : working (it) out -- Underground dancing : autonomy and interdependence in music and dance -- The underground as cultural context : the marginality of ethnic and sexual minorities -- Outlook : underground dance music beyond the 1990s. |
| Summary |
"You Better Work!" is the first detailed study of underground dance music or UDM, a phenomenon that has its roots in the overlap and cross-fertilization of African American and gay cultural sensibilities that have occurred since the 1970s. UDM not only predates and includes disco, but also constitutes a unique performance practice in the history of American social dance. Taking New York City as its geographic focus, "You Better Work!" shows how UDM functions in the lives of its DJs and dancers, and how it is used as the primary identifier of an urban subculture shaped essentially by the relationships between music, dance, and marginality. Kai Fikentscher goes beyond stereotypical images of club and disco to explore the cult and culture of the DJ, the turntable and vinyl recordings as musical instruments, and the vital relationship between music and dance at underground clubs. Including interviews, photographs, and an extensive discography, this ethnographic account tells the story of a celebration of collective marginality through music and dance. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2024. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
Electronic dance music -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies, issuing body.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
0819501395 |
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9780819564030 |
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9780819501394 (ebk) |
| Standard No. |
heb40275 hdl |
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