TY - JOUR
T1 - The 'pleasure citizen' Analyzing partying as a form of social and political participation
AU - Riley, S
AU - Morey, Y
AU - Griffin, C
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In this article, we explore the potential for leisure as a site for new forms of political participation. Using electronic dance music culture (EDMC) as an example, we locate our analysis within theories of neo-liberalism and neo-tribalism, both of which suggest that political participation may be occurring at an informal level through consumption. Interview and focus group data on participation in EDMC in the southwest of England were analyzed, producing the themes of 'community, sociality and belonging', 'hedonism', 'multiplicity and flux' and 'Sovereignty'. These themes provided evidence for EDMC as a site for neo-tribal social and political participation, in which people created local and informal spaces of au-tonomy characterized by a celebration of community, sociality and hedonism. However, participants also drew on neo-liberal discourses of individualism, rights and responsibilities to make sense of their participation in EDMC, producing a move from economic and consumer citizen subjects to the 'pleasure' citizen.
AB - In this article, we explore the potential for leisure as a site for new forms of political participation. Using electronic dance music culture (EDMC) as an example, we locate our analysis within theories of neo-liberalism and neo-tribalism, both of which suggest that political participation may be occurring at an informal level through consumption. Interview and focus group data on participation in EDMC in the southwest of England were analyzed, producing the themes of 'community, sociality and belonging', 'hedonism', 'multiplicity and flux' and 'Sovereignty'. These themes provided evidence for EDMC as a site for neo-tribal social and political participation, in which people created local and informal spaces of au-tonomy characterized by a celebration of community, sociality and hedonism. However, participants also drew on neo-liberal discourses of individualism, rights and responsibilities to make sense of their participation in EDMC, producing a move from economic and consumer citizen subjects to the 'pleasure' citizen.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/110330880901800104
U2 - 10.1177/110330880901800104
DO - 10.1177/110330880901800104
M3 - Article
SN - 1103-3088
VL - 18
SP - 33
EP - 54
JO - Young
JF - Young
IS - 1
ER -