Nightclub
Bouncers, Risk, and the Spectacle of Consumption
Erscheint ca. am 18. März 2008
Buch
Hardcover
288 Seiten
978-0-7735-3361-5 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
How the urban night is being redefined by club culture, violence and the bouncers who police it
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"The author has a sophisticated understanding of the theoretical issues, and a nice eye for the unusual detail. Nightclub will be of interest to academics at all levels, and the sophisticated general reader." Mark Neocleous, Brunel UniversityWeitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Montreal
Kanada
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Illustrationen
6 drawings
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Gewicht
518 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-3361-5 (9780773533615)
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Person
George S. Rigakos is associate professor of law, criminology, and political economy at Carleton University, and the author of The New Parapolice: Risk Markets and Commodified Social Control, 2002.
Inhalt
1 Introduction; 2 The Nightclub as a Risk Market; 3 Policing and Bouncing; 4 Bouncer Culture; 5 Getting In; 6 Getting Noticed; 7 Getting Home; Conclusions; Epilogue: Confessions of a Playa Hata