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Podcast: New Books in Popular Culture
Episode: Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo, "Dance Music Spaces: Clubs, Clubbers, and DJs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and Commercialism" (Lexington, 2023)
Description: In Dance Music Spaces: Clubs, Clubbers, and DJs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and Commercialism (Lexington Books, 2022), Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo examines the production of physical and digital spaces in dance music, and how the playersâclubs, clubbers, and DJsâuse authenticity, branding, and commercialism to navigate them. An in-depth study into three women DJsâThe Blessed Madonna, Honey Dijon, and Peggy Gouâreveals a new concept, âauthenticity maneuvering.â In it Danielle Hidalgo exposes how the strategic use of a rave ethos both bolsters acceptance in dance music spaces and hides often problematic commercial practices. This timely, thoughtful, and deeply personal book presents a compel...