Fragile empowerment: The dynamic cultural economy of British drum and bass music

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1647-1656

  Fraser, Alistair ^a   Ettlinger, Nancy ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative economic spaces; Britain; Cultural economy; Drum and bass music; Empowerment; Music industries; Subjection

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; CULTURAL ECONOMY; EMPOWERMENT; INNOVATION; MUSIC; SOCIAL THEORY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50149110874     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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