Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House (Five Star) - Softcover

Collin, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852426047 ISBN 13: 9781852426040

Verlag: Serpent's Tail, 1998

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?At last somebody has written the real history of the last ten years, and written it with such wit, verve, empathy and profound intelligence. If you

ve been part of the scene in any way, this brilliant book will serve as positive affirmation. If you haven't, yet still feel moved to pontificate about it, you will no longer have the excuse of doing so from a position of ignorance. I can't recommend this marvellous piece of work enough and in a sane world it would sell more copies than any other book written over the last decade? Irvine Welsh ?The first full history of the dance boom which, fuelled by Ecstasy, has transformed British culture over the past decade: here you will also find the drive to transcendence, or oblivion, that is at the heart of British pop? Jon Savage 'Altered State is not just timely; it was crying out to be written (The Independent)

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From its first publication in 1997, Altered State established itself as the definitive text on dance culture. This second edition includes accounts of the election campaign of Tony Blair which used an Ecstasy anthem as its musical theme, and the trial and acquittal of a 19-year-old for supplying the drug that killed Leah Betts, and her links to East End gangsters. Drawing on a wealth of background research and original interviews with key figures on both sides of the law, Altered State examines the causes and contexts, ideologies and myths of Ecstasy culture, dramatising its euphoric narrative from peak experience to comedown and aftermath, and shedding new light on the social history of the most spectacular youth movement of the century.

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• Verlag: Serpent's Tail
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1852426047
• ISBN 13: 9781852426040
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336