Fight, Flight, or Chill

Download or read book Fight, Flight, or Chill written by Brian Wilson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2006-03-23 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fight, Flight or Chill explores the extent to which raver youths' experiences are constrained or determined by individualistic, high-tech, mass-mediated Western culture in which alienated and unfulfilled youth are apparently more at-risk for escapist and thrill-seeking behaviours. Wilson considers how raver youth creatively and proactively subvert these constraints in novel and empowering ways - from political activism to symbolic and stylistic expressions of resistance to community-building efforts. He also discusses the globalization and political economy of rave and youth culture and examines the ideologies that underlie simple solutions to the complex concerns over young people today.