Rave_Culture_In_The_US

Rave Culture In The US Rave Culture: The Number One Example of Social Deviance Introduction What is a rave' This is a fundamental question that, in a way, I will attempt to answer in this paper, but I will never do it. Raving is a highly subjective experience. One person's best rave is another person's worst. Any attempt to analyze rave culture must recognize the highly personal factor of the experience. It is because of this fact that I start off my attempt to analyze rave culture with a series of quotes on the experience. "...hardcore music being slammed through my body while I dance through my own psychedelic mind trip with a few hundred other beautiful energy-filled youth who accept and embrace the life force of the universe." -rave participant "In general practice, a "rave" often refers to a party, usually all night long, open to the general public, where loud techno music is ... played and many people partake of a number of different chemicals, though the latter is far from necessary. The number of people at the event is unimportant ... the cost of attendance is unimportant (though in practice, the higher the price, the more commercial the event, and the lower the quality). rave, scene, taz, bey, society, raves, music, one, been, people, first, being, movement, culture, american, space, ravers, party, now, just, way, time, temporary, techno, show, part, once, length, however, everything, even, consumerism, big, become, about, writes