'Muzzas' and 'old skool ravers': Ethnicity, drugs and the changing face of Melbourne's dance party/club scene

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-204

  Siokou, Christine ^a   Moore, David ^a   Lee, Helen ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dance parties; Ethnicity; Nostalgia; Party drugs; Sociology; Subcultural capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952654266     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2010.19.2.192     Document Type: Article

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