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Author D'Andrea, Anthony.

Title Global nomads : techno and New Age as transnational countercultures in Ibiza and Goa / Anthony D'Andrea
Published Oxon, UK : Routledge, [2007]
©2007

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Description vi, 255 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: Neo-nomadism : a theory of postidentitarian mobility in the global age -- Expressive expatriates in Ibiza : hypermobility as countercultural practice and identity -- The hippie and club scenes in Ibiza's tourism industry -- Osho meditation resort : subjectivity, counterculture, and spiritual tourism in Pune -- Techno trance tribalism in Goa : the elementary forms of nomadic spirituality -- Conclusions: Global counter-conclusions : flexible economies and subjectivities
Summary "Global Nomads in a unique introduction to the globalization of countercultures, a topic largely unknown in and outside academia. Anthony D'Andrea examines the social life of mobile expatriates who live within a global circuit of countercultural practice in paradoxical paradises."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Noncitizens -- India -- Velha Goa -- Social life and customs.
Noncitizens -- Spain -- Ibiza Island -- Social life and customs.
Counterculture.
Ecstatic dance -- Social aspects.
Globalization -- Social aspects.
Hippies -- India -- Velha Goa -- Social life and customs.
Hippies -- Spain -- Ibiza Island -- Social life and customs.
New Age movement.
Techno music -- Social aspects.
Transnationalism.
LC no. 2006021390
ISBN 041542013X (cased)
9780415420136 (cased)