TY - CHAP
T1 - Possession Trance Ritual in Electronic Dance Music Culture
T2 - A Popular Ritual Technology for Reenchantment, Addressing the Crisis of the Homeless Self, and Reinserting the Individual into the Community
AU - Till, Rupert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Christopher Deacy and Elisabeth Arweck 2009.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009/4/14
Y1 - 2009/4/14
N2 - This chapter explores the relationships between Electronic Dance Music Culture (EDMC) and religion, meaning and spirituality. It briefly outlines some of the existing work in this area before presenting evidence of elements of religiosity found in EDMC during my research. A brief explanation of the historical roots of EDMC is followed by an investigation of transcendent experiences, of how these are perceived, the use of drugs to trigger them and how they relate to trance and possession. Evidence from the field of ethno-musicology is discussed in relation to EDMC, as is the way in which music and dance interact. The effect of individualization within postmodernity is addressed, as is EDMC as a ritual technology for social construction, creating community and openness with others. In conclusion, EDMC spirituality is defined and discussed.
AB - This chapter explores the relationships between Electronic Dance Music Culture (EDMC) and religion, meaning and spirituality. It briefly outlines some of the existing work in this area before presenting evidence of elements of religiosity found in EDMC during my research. A brief explanation of the historical roots of EDMC is followed by an investigation of transcendent experiences, of how these are perceived, the use of drugs to trigger them and how they relate to trance and possession. Evidence from the field of ethno-musicology is discussed in relation to EDMC, as is the way in which music and dance interact. The effect of individualization within postmodernity is addressed, as is EDMC as a ritual technology for social construction, creating community and openness with others. In conclusion, EDMC spirituality is defined and discussed.
KW - Electronic Dance Music Culture (EDMC)
KW - Religion
KW - Spirituality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85109235723&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Exploring-Religion-and-the-Sacred-in-a-Media-Age/Deacy-Arweck/p/book/9780754665274
U2 - 10.4324/9781315255613-18
DO - 10.4324/9781315255613-18
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85109235723
SN - 9780754665274
SN - 9781138265813
T3 - Theology and Religion in Interdisciplinary Perspective Series in Association with the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group
SP - 169
EP - 188
BT - Exploring Religion and the Sacred in a Media Age
A2 - Deacy, Christopher
A2 - Arweck, Elisabeth
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -