DJ Goa Gil Kalifornian Exile, Dark Yogi and Dreaded Anomaly

Dancecult

Volumn 3, Issue 1 Special Issue, 2011, Pages 97-128

  St John, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

cultural exile; ecstatic dance; Goa Gil; Goa trance; nomos anomalous; psytrance; techno shaman

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884558635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19475403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12801/1947-5403.2011.03.01.05     Document Type: Note

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