Epilogue: Decolonising Disco—Counterculture, Postindustrial Creativity, the 1970s Dance Floor and Disco
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Lawrence, T. 2022. Epilogue: Decolonising Disco—Counterculture, Postindustrial Creativity, the 1970s Dance Floor and Disco. in: Pitrolo, F. and Zubak, M. (ed.) Global Dance Cultures in the 1970s and 1980s: Disco Heterotopias Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 303–338
Authors | Lawrence, T. |
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Editors | Pitrolo, F. and Zubak, M. |
Abstract | This epilogue challenges a number of the political and cultural assumptions made about disco in New York City (NYC), laying the ground for future scholarship on the genre. It rethinks disco in relation to its mythological antagonists, punk and hip hop, noting points of intersection as well as distinction. Exploring the work of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri as well as David Harvey, it draws on the personal and philosophical journey of Sylvère Lotringer to argue for the progressive potential of DJ culture, disco and other breakthrough forms of postindustrial culture and practices, and against the idea that they paved the way for inevitable neoliberalism. Finally it calls for an expansion of the definition of disco that re-embraces the sound's diverse and international origins and acknowledges the colonial logic that led to become almost exclusively centred around North American and European studios and record labels. |
Book title | Global Dance Cultures in the 1970s and 1980s: Disco Heterotopias |
Page range | 303–338 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
File | License File Access Level Anyone |
Publication dates | |
Online | 28 Mar 2022 |
29 Mar 2022 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 16 Sep 2019 |
Series | Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music |
ISBN | 9783030919948 |
9783030919955 | |
ISSN | 2730-9517 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91995-5_13 |
Web address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-91995-5 |
Copyright holder | © 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
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