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- Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Wesleyan University Press
- Series: Music Culture
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A Choice Outstanding Academic Book.
A musicologist and cultural critic as well as a professional musician, Robert Walser offers a comprehensive musical, social, and cultural analysis of heavy metal in Running with the Devil. Dismissed by critics and academics, condemned by parents and politicians, fervently embraced by legions of fans, heavy metal music attracts and embodies cultural conflicts that are central to our society. 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.
Ebook Edition Note: Ebook edition note: all photographs (16) have been redacted.
A musicologist and cultural critic as well as a professional musician, Robert Walser offers a comprehensive musical, social, and cultural analysis of heavy metal in Running with the Devil. Dismissed by critics and academics, condemned by parents and politicians, fervently embraced by legions of fans, heavy metal music attracts and embodies cultural conflicts that are central to our society. 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.
Ebook Edition Note: Ebook edition note: all photographs (16) have been redacted.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. ix-21
- Appendix I: Heavy Metal Canons
- pp. 173-174
- Appendix 2: Heavy Metal Questionnaire
- pp. 175-178
- Select Discography
- pp. 205-208
- Select Bibliography
- pp. 209-214
Additional Information
ISBN
9780819574213
Related ISBN(s)
9780819552525
MARC Record
OCLC
868031773
Pages
254
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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