Nightclub: Bouncers, Risk, and the Spectacle of Consumption

By George S. Rigakos

Book Overview

In the last 30 years, bouncers have emerged as iconic gatekeepers of contemporary cool, exclusivity & social capital in urban centres around the world. Rigakos critiques the supposed liberating & expressive potential of nightclubs by theorising them within the linked themes of risk, consumption & security in late capitalism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773533621
• ISBN13: 9780773533622
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"