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Winner of the 1994 Irving Lowens Book Award from the Society for American Music Dismissed by critics and academics, condemned by parents and politicians, and fervently embraced by legions of fans, heavy metal music continues to attract and embody cultural conflicts that are central to society. In Running with the Devil, Robert Walser explores how and why heavy metal works, both musically and socially, and at the same time uses metal to investigate contemporary formations of identity, community, gender, and power. This edition includes a new foreword by Harris M. Berger contextualizing the work and a new afterword by the author.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Foreword to the 2014 Edition
  2. Harris M. Berger
  3. pp. vii-xvi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xvii-xviii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. xix-xxx
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  1. 1. Metallurgies: Genre, History, and the Construction of Heavy Metal
  2. pp. 1-25
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  1. 2. Beyond the Vocals: Toward the Analysis of Popular Musical Discourses
  2. pp. 26-56
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  1. 3. Eruptions: Heavy Metal Appropriations of Classical Virtuosity
  2. pp. 57-107
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  1. 4. Forging Masculinity: Heavy Metal Sounds and Images of Gender
  2. pp. 108-136
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  1. 5. Can I Play with Madness? Mysticism, Horror, and Postmodern Politics
  2. pp. 137-172
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  1. Afterword to the 2014 Edition
  2. pp. 173-180
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  1. Appendix 1: Heavy Metal Canons
  2. pp. 181-182
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  1. Appendix 2: Heavy Metal Questionnaire
  2. pp. 183-186
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 187-212
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  1. Select Discography
  2. pp. 213-216
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  1. Select Bibliography
  2. pp. 217-222
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 223-234
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  1. About the Authors
  2. pp. 235-238
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  1. Image Plates
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