Nightclub: Bouncers, Risk, and the Spectacle of Consumption - Paperback

by George S. Rigakos (Author)

In the last 30 years, bouncers have emerged as iconic gatekeepers of contemporary cool, exclusivity & social capital in urban centres around the world. Rigakos critiques the supposed liberating & expressive potential of nightclubs by theorising them within the linked themes of risk, consumption & security in late capitalism.

Author Biography

George S. Rigakos is associate professor of law, criminology, and political economy at Carleton University, and the author of The New Parapolice: Risk Markets and Commodified Social Control, 2002.