Evaluate the account of club culture offered by Thornton.
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Evaluate the account of club culture offered by Thornton. Sarah Thornton's account of club culture was written in 1995 during the final stages of the peak of the 'Acid house' cultural movement in the UK. The 'madchester' scene of raves and parties especially at the famous Hacienda nightclub were all but finished and the seminal new wave of drug influenced bands such as the Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays were beginning to feel the toll of there expressive lifestyles. The rave scene was becoming mainstream and the moral panics associated with ecstasy were becoming 'old news' for the newspapers to report on. I want to in this writing look at exactly what Sarah Thornton was trying to express in her writing on club culture, the theories and findings it expressed and then attempt to evaluate them, and assess an opinion on its findings and whether they are conclusive or if...


