TY - JOUR
AU - Maratea, R J
AB - Social Forces, 2023, 102, e1–e2 https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soad093 Advance access publication date 11 August 2023 Book Review Review of “Electronic Dance Music: From Deviant Subculture to Culture Industry” By Christopher T. Conner and David R. Dickens Lexington Books, 2023, 150 pages. Prices: $95.00 (hardback), https://rowman.com/ ISBN/9781793620392/Electronic-Dance-Music-From-Deviant-Subculture-to- Culture-Industry. Reviewer: R.J. Maratea, Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, St. Francis College lectronic Dance Music: From Deviant Subculture to Culture Industry by Christopher T. Conner and David R. Dickens traces the evolution of EDM from a consumerist underground music E scene, to a socially constructed deviant subculture, and finally as a mainstream object field corporate commodity worth billions of dollars. Using Horkheimer and Adorno’s ([1944] 1972) concept of culture industry to situate their sociological analysis, Conner and Dickens support their arguments with an impressive array of field interviews with industry insiders, organizers, promoters, and participants as well as Conner’s personal experience as an EDM insider. What emerges from this mixed methodological qualitative approach is a book that illustrates how economic and political forces were able to sanitize the EDM subculture of its socially and politically nonconformist roots, while expanding its commercial success and popularity as a mainstream culture industry. The book’s narrative organization diligently 
TI - Review of “Electronic Dance Music: From Deviant Subculture to Culture Industry”
JF - Social Forces
DO - 10.1093/sf/soad093
DA - 2023-08-11
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SP - e24
EP - e24
VL - 102
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
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