Sarah Thornton: "Club Cultures: Music, Media and Subcultural Capital"

Sarah Thornton: "Club Cultures: Music, Media and Subcultural Capital": "Using a rich combination of methods, Thornton paints a picture of club cultures as 'taste cultures' brought together by micro-media (like flyers and listings), transformed into self-conscious 'subcultures' by niche media (like the music and style press) and sometimes recast as 'movements' with the aid of mass media (like tabloid newspaper front pages). "