Using a concept she calls authenticity maneuvering to explain how clubs, clubbers, and DJs navigate authenticity, branding, and commercialism, Danielle Hidalgo argues that the strategic use of a rave ethos bolsters acceptance in dance music spaces while also making commercial practices less visible or problematic.

Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo is associate professor of sociology at California State University, Chico.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction "This Must Be the Place": Making Sense of Dance Music Today

Chapter 1: Experiencing Bliss: Spaces of Respite, Release and Transcendence in Dance Music

Chapter 2: The Blessed Madonna, Honey Dijon, and Peggy Gou: Different Kinds of DJs

Chapter 3: Contemporary Dance Music Spaces and Their Dance Floors: A Snapshot

Chapter 4: "We Still Believe. Do You?": Navigating and Challenging the Business of Contemporary Dance Music

Conclusion: Future Possibilities for Dance Music: "Never for Money, Always for Love" and Other Challenges

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