Description
Taking New York City as its geographic focus,"You Better Work!" shows how UDM functions in the lives of its DJs and dancers, and how it is used as the primary identifier of an urban subculture shaped essentially by the relationships between music, dance, and marginality. Kai Fikentscher goes beyond stereotypical images of club and disco to explore the cult and culture of the DJ, the turntable and vinyl recordings as musical instruments, and the vital relationship between music and dance at underground clubs. Including interviews, photographs, and an extensive discography, this ethnographic account tells the story of a celebration of collective marginality through music and dance
Book Information
ISBN 9780819564047
Author Kai Fikentscher
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Wesleyan University Press
Publisher Wesleyan University Press