Entering the Pit: Slam-Dancing and Modernity

Entering the Pit: Slam-Dancing and Modernity. Simon & Scott, B. Journal of Popular Culture, 31(1):149--176, 1997.

In this article, the author discusses the portrayal of slam-dancing as part of youth culture in the U.S. The media portrayed slam-dancing as manifest violence. It became ever more clear to the author, however, that concomitant with the violence and chaos was the fact that people appeared to be having a good time. The author directly applies Turner's social drama approach, along with the concepts of liminality and mimesis, in order to show that slam-dancing provides a symbolic resolution of conflicting forces.

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