Overview

Elaborating on themes of resilience, memory, critique and metal beyond metal, this volume highlights how the development and future of metal music scholarship is predicated on the engagement with other forms of popular culture such as comics, documentaries, and popular music. Drawing from a range of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, Heavy Metal Studies and Popular Culture's transnational approach and rootedness in metal scholarship provides the collection with a breadth and depth that makes it a critical resource for academics and students interested in the theories and trends shaping the future of Metal Music Studies.

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Author:   Gabby Riches ,  Dave Snell ,  Bryan Bardine ,  Brenda Gardenour Walter
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
ISBN:  

9781349562510

ISBN 10:   1349562513
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   12 August 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Metal Beyond Metal: The Future of Metal Studies; Keith Kahn-Harris PART I: RESILIENCE 1. Heavy Metal as Resistance; Niall Scott 2. Sentimental Comedy and the Heavy Metal Documentary; Gerd Bayer PART II: MEMORY 3. The Ballad of Heavy Metal: The Art of Song-Writing, Production Values and Pop-Metal Crossover; Andy R. Brown 4. Same as it Never Was: Machinations of Metal and Memory; Brad Klypchak 5. Metal at the Fringe: A Historical Perspective on Puerto Rico's Underground Metal Scene; Nelson Varas-Díaz PART III: CRITIQUE 6. Blasting Britney on the Way to Goatwhore: Identity and Authenticity among Female-identified Fans in Semi-rural North Carolina; Jamie E. Patterson 7. Powerslaves? Navigating Femininity in Heavy Metal; Jenna Kummer PART IV: METAL BEYOND METAL 8. Genre, Scene and Ritual in Cascadian Black Metal; Anthony Thibodeau 9. Metal and Comics: Strange Bedfellows?; Colin A. McKinnon

Reviews

“The book is a welcome addition to the metal studies canon. Although the chapters are of varying quality, all of them contribute to current and future discussions about the role of metal music and culture in the contemporary world.” (Titus Hjelm, Journal of Popular Music Education, Vol. 1 (1), 2017) “Heavy Metal Music Studies and Popular Culture does an excellent job at describing the ever-evolving research topics in metal studies, as well as laying the foundation for forthcoming research. Heavy Metal Music Studies and Popular Culture is inclusive in its appeal: both academics and metal music fans can enjoy the book. … Academics can use Heavy Metal Music Studies and Popular Culture as a springboard to foster new ideas as metal studies expands into more theoretical spaces.” (Amanda DiGioia, Metal Music Studies, Vol. 3 (1), 2017)

The book is a welcome addition to the metal studies canon. Although the chapters are of varying quality, all of them contribute to current and future discussions about the role of metal music and culture in the contemporary world. (Titus Hjelm, Journal of Popular Music Education, Vol. 1 (1), 2017) Heavy Metal Music Studies and Popular Culture does an excellent job at describing the ever-evolving research topics in metal studies, as well as laying the foundation for forthcoming research. Heavy Metal Music Studies and Popular Culture is inclusive in its appeal: both academics and metal music fans can enjoy the book. ... Academics can use Heavy Metal Music Studies and Popular Culture as a springboard to foster new ideas as metal studies expands into more theoretical spaces. (Amanda DiGioia, Metal Music Studies, Vol. 3 (1), 2017)

Author Information

Brenda Walter is Associate Professor of History at the Saint Louis College of Pharmacy, US. Her research examines the role of Aristotelian discourse, learned medicine, and scholastic theology in the construction of alterity and the continued influence of medieval otherness on the horror genre, black metal, and beyond. Gabby Riches is a PhD student at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Her research examines women's participation in moshpit practices within Leeds' extreme metal scene. She is on the editorial board for Metal Music Studies. Her doctoral research has been published in the International Journal of Community Music, IASPM@Journal and Journal for Cultural Research. Dave Snell is Research Coordinator at the Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand. He is the author of Bogans: An Insider's Guide to Metal, Mullets, and Mayhem and features in the documentary series Bogans. His research interests include social identity theory, communities of practice, andeveryday life. Bryan Bardine is Associate Professor of English at the University of Dayton, US. He was the Coordinator of the Metal and Cultural Impact Conference, has given multiple papers on teaching, writing and using metal music, and his most recent research examines Gothic Literary characteristics in Death Metal music lyrics.

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