DJ Culture in the Mix: Power, Technology, and Social Change in Electronic Dance Music, coedited by CSUN faculty member Bernardo Attias with Anna Gavanas and Hillegonda C. Rietveld, has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing. Mixing established and upcoming researchers from the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Australia and Brazil, the collection offers critical insights into DJ activities in a range of global dance music contexts. In particular, chapters address digitization and performativity, as well as issues surrounding the gender dynamics and political economies of DJ cultures and practices. Read more