Ott, Brian L., authorHerman, Bill D., authorWestern States Communication Association, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032003Ott, Brian L. and Bill D. Herman, Mixed Messages: Resistance and Reappropriation in Rave Culture. Western Journal of Communication 67, no. 3 (Summer 2003): 249-270.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/60073Brian Ott was a professor in the Department of Speech Communication at Colorado State University.Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-270).This essay concerns the dynamic tension between resistance and reappropriation in the youth subcultural practice of raving. We argue that the transgressive potential of underground rave culture lies primarily in its privileging of communion, which is facilitated along the intersecting axes of social space, authorship, the body, and the drug Ecstasy. The commodification of rave culture is demonstrated to be linked to a shifting consciousness reflected in changing attitudes toward Ecstasy, the relocation of dance culture into clubs, and the redefinition of the DJ as artist and superstar. A concluding section considers the implications of resistance and reappropriation in rave culture for social change and the exercise of power.born digitalarticleseng©2003 Western States Communication Association.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.social spacediscoursemusicsymbolicembodiedlogic of communionpower relationshipsText