{"product_id":"global-tribe-technology-spirituality-and-psytrance-paperback","title":"Global Tribe: Technology, Spirituality and Psytrance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGraham St John\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn from extensive international research, \u003cem\u003eGlobal Tribe\u003c\/em\u003e documents a little understood global dance culture that has mushroomed all over the world since its beginnings in diverse psychedelic music scenes flourishing in Goa, India, in the 1970s and 1980s. From small parties to major international events such as Portugal's Boom Festival, the paramount expression of this movement has been the festival. Via first-hand accounts of the scenes, festivals and music of psychedelic trance (psytrance) in Australia, Israel, Italy, the UK, the US, Germany, Turkey and other places, the author explores this transnational movement with attention to its diverse aesthetic roots, national translations and internal controversies. As a thoroughly engaging multi-sited ethnography and an intimate examination of the digital, chemical, cyber and media assemblage of psytrance, \u003cem\u003eGlobal Tribe\u003c\/em\u003e studies the integrated role of technology and spirituality in the formation of this visionary arts movement. The book demonstrates how the event-culture of psytrance accommodates rites of risk and consciousness, a complex circumstance demanding revision of existing approaches to ritual, music and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraham St John is a Research Associate at the University of Queensland's Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies. His latest books include Technomad: Global Raving Countercultures (Equinox, 2009) and the edited collections The Local Scenes and Global Culture of Psytrance (Routledge, 2010) and Victor Turner and Contemporary Cultural Performance (Berghahn 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165736571015,"sku":"9781845539566","price":51.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/186fed3dc8917fdb78d2a995355ef5f8.webp?v=1733315749","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/global-tribe-technology-spirituality-and-psytrance-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}