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Dance Music Spaces

Clubs, Clubbers, and DJs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and Commercialism

Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo

Dance Music Spaces examines the production of physical and digital spaces in dance music, and how the players—clubs, clubbers, and DJs—use authenticity, branding, and commercialism to navigate them. An in-depth study into three women DJs—The Blessed Madonna, Honey Dijon, and Peggy Gou—reveals a new concept, “authenticity maneuvering.” In it Danielle Hidalgo exposes how the strategic use of a rave ethos both bolsters acceptance in dance music spaces and hides often problematic commercial practices. This timely, thoughtful, and deeply personal book presents a compelling analysis of the complicated interplay between dancing bodies, digital practices, and spatial offerings in contemporary dance music.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 198 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-7936-0754-6 • Hardback • January 2022 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-7936-0756-0 • Paperback • August 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
Series: Critical Perspectives on Music and Society
Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Urban, Music / Genres & Styles / Electronic, Social Science / Popular Culture

Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo is associate professor of sociology at California State University, Chico.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction “This Must Be the Place”: Making Sense of Dance Music Today

Chapter 1: Experiencing Bliss: Spaces of Respite, Release and Transcendence in Dance Music

Chapter 2: The Blessed Madonna, Honey Dijon, and Peggy Gou: Different Kinds of DJs

Chapter 3: Contemporary Dance Music Spaces and Their Dance Floors: A Snapshot

Chapter 4: “We Still Believe. Do You?”: Navigating and Challenging the Business of Contemporary Dance Music

Conclusion: Future Possibilities for Dance Music: “Never for Money, Always for Love” and Other Challenges

Bibliography

About the Author

Methodologically innovative and theoretically nuanced, this ethnographic project illustrates the ways in which notions of authenticity are undermined by commodifying tendencies. As Hidalgo shows us, authenticity and commodification are dialectical processes enmeshed in the lived experiences and practices of those studied. While most studies of electronic dance music focus on the celebratory aspects, this book examines both the structure and the lived experience of those who participate in this youth phenomenon turned into commodified culture industry. More importantly, this piece adds a refreshingly feminist perspective within a field of study dominated by male writers and subjects.


— Christopher Conner, University of Missouri, Columbia


Hidalgo’s book takes us on a journey through house music that seamlessly weaves together her own experiences and academic theorizing. She builds on earlier work about club cultures, femininities, and masculinities and develops a contemporary take on house music cultures. While her own love of music and dancing is evident in Dance Music Spaces, she unflinchingly engages with critiques of house music culture and commercialization, critically exploring the ‘authenticity maneuvering’ practices of the three women DJs that feature most heavily in her account. Hidalgo’s critical exploration of the effects of technology and commercialization on the spaces and places of house music and the meticulous (re)construction of the lives, philosophies, and branding of her central characters makes for a fascinating and compelling read.


— Fiona Hutton, Victoria University, Wellington


This is a marvelous, rich autoethnography of dance and club culture across a range of cities with a focus on the working lives of three prominent women DJs. The research conjures the importance of atmosphere and the pleasures of togetherness in music. The book also makes the case for the political and social value of dance culture while attending to changes in the landscape with a focus on safety and anti-harassment measures.


— Angela McRobbie, Author of Feminism and the Politics of Resilience, Polity 2020


Dance Music Spaces

Clubs, Clubbers, and DJs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and Commercialism

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Hardback
Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • Dance Music Spaces examines the production of physical and digital spaces in dance music, and how the players—clubs, clubbers, and DJs—use authenticity, branding, and commercialism to navigate them. An in-depth study into three women DJs—The Blessed Madonna, Honey Dijon, and Peggy Gou—reveals a new concept, “authenticity maneuvering.” In it Danielle Hidalgo exposes how the strategic use of a rave ethos both bolsters acceptance in dance music spaces and hides often problematic commercial practices. This timely, thoughtful, and deeply personal book presents a compelling analysis of the complicated interplay between dancing bodies, digital practices, and spatial offerings in contemporary dance music.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 198 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
    978-1-7936-0754-6 • Hardback • January 2022 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
    978-1-7936-0756-0 • Paperback • August 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
    Series: Critical Perspectives on Music and Society
    Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Urban, Music / Genres & Styles / Electronic, Social Science / Popular Culture
Author
Author
  • Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo is associate professor of sociology at California State University, Chico.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents

    List of Figures

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction “This Must Be the Place”: Making Sense of Dance Music Today

    Chapter 1: Experiencing Bliss: Spaces of Respite, Release and Transcendence in Dance Music

    Chapter 2: The Blessed Madonna, Honey Dijon, and Peggy Gou: Different Kinds of DJs

    Chapter 3: Contemporary Dance Music Spaces and Their Dance Floors: A Snapshot

    Chapter 4: “We Still Believe. Do You?”: Navigating and Challenging the Business of Contemporary Dance Music

    Conclusion: Future Possibilities for Dance Music: “Never for Money, Always for Love” and Other Challenges

    Bibliography

    About the Author

Reviews
Reviews
  • Methodologically innovative and theoretically nuanced, this ethnographic project illustrates the ways in which notions of authenticity are undermined by commodifying tendencies. As Hidalgo shows us, authenticity and commodification are dialectical processes enmeshed in the lived experiences and practices of those studied. While most studies of electronic dance music focus on the celebratory aspects, this book examines both the structure and the lived experience of those who participate in this youth phenomenon turned into commodified culture industry. More importantly, this piece adds a refreshingly feminist perspective within a field of study dominated by male writers and subjects.


    — Christopher Conner, University of Missouri, Columbia


    Hidalgo’s book takes us on a journey through house music that seamlessly weaves together her own experiences and academic theorizing. She builds on earlier work about club cultures, femininities, and masculinities and develops a contemporary take on house music cultures. While her own love of music and dancing is evident in Dance Music Spaces, she unflinchingly engages with critiques of house music culture and commercialization, critically exploring the ‘authenticity maneuvering’ practices of the three women DJs that feature most heavily in her account. Hidalgo’s critical exploration of the effects of technology and commercialization on the spaces and places of house music and the meticulous (re)construction of the lives, philosophies, and branding of her central characters makes for a fascinating and compelling read.


    — Fiona Hutton, Victoria University, Wellington


    This is a marvelous, rich autoethnography of dance and club culture across a range of cities with a focus on the working lives of three prominent women DJs. The research conjures the importance of atmosphere and the pleasures of togetherness in music. The book also makes the case for the political and social value of dance culture while attending to changes in the landscape with a focus on safety and anti-harassment measures.


    — Angela McRobbie, Author of Feminism and the Politics of Resilience, Polity 2020


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