Meanings
- uncountableThe state or condition of belonging to a subcultural scene.
Locality, Translocalism, Sceneness. This book examines the various modes of articulation of underground music and sound practices in the Hong Kong and East Asian contexts while seeking to avoid the pitfalls of cultural essentialism.
2021, Damien Charrieras, François Mouillot, Fractured Scenes, page 61 more example
Kahn-Harris sees construction and structure as interacting dimensions: I identify sceneness as a fundamental form of such an interaction. By sceneness I mean the feeling of social and emotional proximity that weaves a scene, giving its members the sense of “being in it together”.
2021, Fatma Sagir, Rocking Islam: Music and the Making of New Muslim Identities, page 144
Origin
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