Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House
HK$182.00
DESCRIPTION :
From its first publication in 1997, Altered State established itself as the definitive text on Ecstasy and dance culture. This new edition sees Matthew Collin cast a fresh eye on the heady events of the acid house 'Summer of Love' and the rave scene's euphoric escalation into commercial excess as MDMA became a mass-market narcotic. Altered State is the best-selling book on Ecstasy culture, using a cast of memorable characters to track the origins of the scene and its drug through psychedelic subcults, underground gay discos and the Balearic paradise of Ibiza, to the point where Tony Blair was using an Ecstasy anthem as an election campaign song. Altered State critically examines the ideologies and myths of the scene, documenting the criminal underside to the blissed-out image, shedding new light on the social history of the most spectacular youth movement of the twentieth century.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 198 mm x 130 mm
WEIGHT : 262 g
PRODUCT SAFETY : US CPSIA or other international hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Society & Social Sciences
The Arts
From its first publication in 1997, Altered State established itself as the definitive text on Ecstasy and dance culture. This new edition sees Matthew Collin cast a fresh eye on the heady events of the acid house 'Summer of Love' and the rave scene's euphoric escalation into commercial excess as MDMA became a mass-market narcotic. Altered State is the best-selling book on Ecstasy culture, using a cast of memorable characters to track the origins of the scene and its drug through psychedelic subcults, underground gay discos and the Balearic paradise of Ibiza, to the point where Tony Blair was using an Ecstasy anthem as an election campaign song. Altered State critically examines the ideologies and myths of the scene, documenting the criminal underside to the blissed-out image, shedding new light on the social history of the most spectacular youth movement of the twentieth century.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781846687136 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Collin, Matthew | |
| PUBLISHER : Profile Books Ltd | PUBLICATION DATE : July 02, 2009 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Serpent's Tail |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 262 g
PRODUCT SAFETY : US CPSIA or other international hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Society & Social Sciences
The Arts