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“Hey boy, hey girl, superstar DJ, here we go …”
Exploring the Experience of Female and Non-Binary DJs in the UK Music Scene
For Tami Gedir (2016), global alternative dance music culture is not as non-discriminatory or non-patriarchal as it may initially seem. She also highlights “how troubling gender discrimination is present even in ‘alternative’ settings where participants are more conscious of political and social issues, including gender”. Using an informal interview methodology, this chapter will explore these issues with women who have been “playing out” in nightclub contexts over the last 25 years. Gavanas and Reitsamer describe how across “historical, local and cultural contexts, DJ cultures have been, and continue ...
