@inbook{c594f97e8f43451ba74c7d45e166cfe8,
title = "Nocturnal paradox: how breakdancing reveals the potentials of the night",
abstract = "This chapter is an exploration into how breakdancing ({\textquoteleft}breaking{\textquoteright}) can be a vehicle for understanding the inherent tensions and dualities of the night, or what I term the {\textquoteleft}nocturnal paradox{\textquoteright}. It moves beyond hegemonic discourses and regulations of night-time culture that are increasingly focused on its economic valorisation to show how breaking – an activity in Sydney (Australia) that exists outside economic transactions – can offer a means to experience and navigate the nocturnal city in new ways. At a time when the strict regulation of lockout laws has spurred a slow decline in the economic-viability of nocturnal cultural activities in Sydney, breakers utilise the empty urban landscape to freely experiment with creative expression. This chapter moves beyond the often-limited and paradoxical framings of night-time culture to show how breaking reveals the potentials of the night.",
keywords = "Popular Music, Culture",
author = "Rachael Gunn",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-99786-5_10",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319997858",
series = "Pop Music, Culture and Identity",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "147--162",
editor = "Geoff Stahl and Giacomo Bott{\`a}",
booktitle = "Nocturnes",
address = "United Kingdom",
}