Raving by McKenzie Wark (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Raving by McKenzie Wark McKenzie Wark takes readers into the undisclosed locations of New Yorks thriving queer rave scene, showing how raving to techno is an art and technique at which queer and trans bodies might be particularly adept, but which is for anyone who lets the beat seduce them. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description What is an art of life for what feels like the end of a world? In Raving McKenzie Wark takes readers into the undisclosed locations of New Yorks thriving underground queer and trans rave scene. Techno, first and always a Black music, invites fresh sonic and temporal possibilities for this era of diminishing futures. Raving to techno is an art and a technique at which queer and trans bodies might be particularly adept but which is for anyone who lets the beat seduce them. Extending the raves sensations, situations, fog, lasers, drugs, and pounding sound systems onto the page, Wark invokes a trans practice of raving as a timely aesthetic for dancing in the ruins of this collapsing capital. Author Biography McKenzie Wark is the author of Capital Is Dead, Reverse Cowgirl, and The Beach beneath the Street, among other books. Table of Contents Acknowledgments 1. Rave as Practice 2. Xeno-euphoria 3. Ketamine Femmunism 4. Enlustment 5. Resonant Abstraction 6. Excessive Machine Notes on the Images Glossary of Concepts Notes Bibliography Review "The books charm is in the autofiction, where the reader gets to inhabit Warks sense of liberation. Its an unusually hopeful depiction of late midlife as a phase of discovery." -- Emily Witt * The New Yorker *"McKenzie Wark is one of todays finest critics on the subject of bodies, sex, gender, and, as of now, the venue that brings them all together: the rave. . . . Few are better than Wark at capturing how it feels to be in a body with so much intelligence and humor. Here, she argues for raving as a vital trans aesthetic, a way to dance — literally — over the crumbling foundations of capitalism." -- Isle McElroy * Vulture *"A well-tooled topic on which only a writer as sharp as Wark could induce me to pick up another book. . . . Wark is a master of brevity and precision, and Raving is no exception; her easy prose avoids the self-indulgent nostalgia that often afflicts writing on this subject matter." -- Sean Burns * Frieze *"Warks entry into Duke University Presss Practices series, which spotlights the activities that make us human, invites us into the underground queer and trans rave scene of New York City. A bombastic collision of sound and movement, raving is, to Wark, the ideal activity for this era of diminishing futures. An avid raver herself, she blends academic analysis with her own first-hand accounts, all relayed with sensual, staccato prose." -- Sophia M. Stewart * The Millions *"Wark paints a vivid series of vignettes attempting to build a shared language around raving as a technological and social practice—and trying to make sense of the role it plays in the late-capitalist hellscape we now find ourselves in." -- Janus Rose * Vice *"Warks new book, Raving, is both a chronicle and a critique of her experience—a queer, trans, cripped, middle-aged one—articulated over the course of six essays, which put her friends and intellectual influences in conversation on the dance floor. To read it as a raver is to feel understood. To read it as anyone else is to get a glimpse of a world, enclosed and artificial, that, after the course of a loud, damp night, can leave its marks on everything outside." -- Zoë Beery and Geoffrey Mak * The Nation *"From the way its structured alone, you can tell Wark poured her soul into this work. Her writing is phantasmagoric, vivid, and sharp. . . . Something I appreciate about Wark is her effort to hold herself accountable and criticize the culture shes participating in. . . . Wark opened my eyes to a brand new world, and Im sure she can open yours too." -- Lily Alvarado * Autostraddle *"In some ways, Raving is Warks aesthetic boiled down to its essence: a short primer on nightlife and sex thats explained in concepts and theory, and told in a slightly fictionalized series of bursts. It moves from dancefloor to dancefloor, deftly avoiding the classroom and academy. Raving is very much a book that only Wark could have written. Im glad she did." -- Roz Milner * Live in Limbo *"What emerges in Raving . . . is a mode of writing that is deliberate but impressionistic, systematic but dissociative, theoretical but personal. . . . Like a DJ reigning over a club, Wark maintains a sense of order throughout her book while also remaining open to chance and spontaneity, her "set" containing as many twists, turns, and patterns as that of a master selector. Though she is in many ways driven by a critical impulse, she utilizes a playful, autofictional style, one that allows her to foreground sensorial experience and act as a contemporary Virgil guiding readers through the nine beautiful circles of rave hell." -- Will Harrison * Cleveland Review of Books *"Warks aptly-named Raving takes readers on a journey through New Yorks thriving, underground queer rave scene—exploring how techno is an artform particularly suited for apocalyptic-feeling times." -- Claire Valentine * W Magazine *"Wark is the professor of the rave, reimagining the philosophical framework for understanding raving as a means of temporary freedom. With her quirky encyclopedia of made-up vocabulary and cheeky anecdotes from her experiences on the dance floor, Raving is at once theoretical and personal, sweet and nihilistic." -- Alessandra Schade * Alternative Press *"Thank god for this book, I love it so. Wark, a professor at the New School in New York City, documents her return to the rave scene after a cool couple decades away, and shows how raving, as she practices it, is love, healing, rebellion, community care, queer and trans joy, and also just a gorgeous good time." -- CJ Hauser * The Week *"Part autofiction, part ethnography, Raving mirrors the complex and collective aspects of rave experiences. Like a practiced deejay, Wark blends genres to take us on a larger journey. Some critics who shared their thoughts with Wark when she was dancing and researching appear momentarily and nudge us gently toward something new." -- Craig Jennex * Gay and Lesbian Review *"Raving is a short book that is exceptionally self-aware. Wark succinctly narrates what to expect, makes apparent what frameworks she is thinking with, and offers keywords to ground every chapter. Summarizing it felt like it would crush the loose and giddy writing, and parsing it out chapter by chapter (each nicely encapsulating critical social themes of temporality, relation, desire, and assemblage) would eviscerate the synergies between them. It is a vibrant model for a different kind of a critical and philosophical study of performance communities, simultaneously theoretical and fleshy." -- Kareem Khubchandani * Dance Chronicle * Review Quote "McKenzie Wark is one of todays finest critics on the subject of bodies, sex, gender, and, as of now, the venue that brings them all together: the rave. . . . Few are better than Wark at capturing how it feels to be in a body with so much intelligence and humor. Here, she argues for raving as a vital trans aesthetic, a way to dance -- literally -- over the crumbling foundations of capitalism." Details ISBN1478016760 Author McKenzie Wark Publisher Duke University Press Series Practices Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1478016760 ISBN-13 9781478016762 Format Hardcover Imprint Duke University Press Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Illustrations 26 color illustrations Pages 136 AU Release Date 2023-04-03 NZ Release Date 2023-04-03 UK Release Date 2023-04-03 Alternative 9781478019381 DEWEY 306.109747 Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2023-03-14 US Release Date 2023-03-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161867687;

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