The end of the end-of-the-century party ; The politics of Ecstacy / Steve Redhead -- The Ecstacy of disappearance / Antonio Melechi -- Living the dream / Hillegonda Rietveld -- [Examples of flyers from the 80s by kind permission of Kristian Russell, from his personal collection] -- Lyseriga suburbia / Kristian Russell -- Drugs and popular music : the democratisation of bohemia / Patrick Mignon
Summary
An account of deviant youth culture at the end of the century, concentrating on the "rave" scene and its connections to recreational drug use - such as Ecstasy - contemporary pop and dance music, youth tourism, football hooliganism and the "enterprise culture."