Into the groove

Experiencing difference in the Perth nightclub scene of the 1980s

Bibliographic Data

ID2951860
AuthorsPeter Allmark (0000-0002-6910-6511, Edith Cowan University), Panizza Allmark, J Stratton (0000-0001-6787-9388, University of South Australia, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume25
Issue5
Pages704-723
Publication date2019-09-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Identities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13504630.2018.1433532
OpenAlexW2791189801
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

This article examines nightclubbing in Perth in the 1980s. The specific focus is on the ways ethnicity and race related to which nightclub people went to, and the kinds of music played in the nightclubs. The article is based on interviews. The article focuses on three specific clubs, Hannibal’s, where the Italo-Australians and other southern Europeans went, Palladium, where Italo-Australians mixed with white Australians, and Jules, where Anglo-Indians and Anglo-Burmese, who self-identified as black, would go. The clubs for Australians, white Australians, were Pinocchio’s and Gobbles. Official multiculturalism was established during the 1980s and helped legitimise the cultural diversity found in Hannibal’s, Palladium and Jules. Likewise, the gradual termination of the White Australia policy enabled the presence of people identified by many Australians as non-white, who thought of themselves as black and identified with African Americans and their music. When the American navy ships docked in Fremantle, the African-American sailors went to Jules. In 1990 Hannibal’s, Palladium and Jules all closed. It was the end of an era

Economic geography · Geography · Media studies · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Engineering · Night-time city culture · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior

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