Reflections in the Metal Void
Published on 26. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
222 pages
978-1-84888-146-4 (ISBN)
Description
Reflections in the Metal Void is a collection of revised and expanded essays originally presented at the first ever global conference on heavy metal music and culture, held in Salzburg in 2008. The conference was a unique gathering of metallectuals from around the world and has since spawned countless encounters, conference and new dialogues on the possibility of heavy metal studies. This volume contains a series of original papers based on research from the world's foremost metal scholars and fans. Themes visited here include the relationship between heavy metal and identity, politics and philosophy, stretching from heavy metal movement in Brazil, central and far east Asia, through to metal's more familiar breeding grounds in North America and Europe . It further presents research how this long standing music movement has made valuable contributions to current debates concerning controversial and difficult issues such as nationalisms, race, religion, gender politics and of course, Vikings.
Spanning a wide range of heavy metal sub-genres, the nature of heavy metal culture and the experience of the music are discussed, giving the scholar and fan of heavy metal the kind of cerebral attention it has long deserved. Heavy metal is argument.
Spanning a wide range of heavy metal sub-genres, the nature of heavy metal culture and the experience of the music are discussed, giving the scholar and fan of heavy metal the kind of cerebral attention it has long deserved. Heavy metal is argument.
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Edition
First
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Inter/Connexions
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
5
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84888-146-4 (9781848881464)
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Person
Dr Niall W. R. Scott is Senior Lecturer in Ethics at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston. He is leader for the inter-disciplinary.net Music Metal and Politics project. He is also the chair of the International Society for Metal Music Studies (ISMMS) and has spoken internationally and published widely on Heavy Metal culture.
Content
Introduction Niall W. R. Scott Part One: Metal Phenomenology What is This that Stands before Me? Metal as Deixis Nicola Masciandaro Fire Walk with Me; or, Dwelling in the Lodge of Differentiation Jamerson Maurer Induction of the Devotee: Nile's Primal Ritual Joseph C. Russo Part Two: Metal Identities How Diverse should Metal Be? The Case of Jewish Metal Keith Kahn-Harris Turn or Burn? Approaching the Peculiar Case of Christian Metal Marcus Moberg Masculinities within Black Metal: Heteronormativity, Protest Masculinity or Queer? Mikael Sarelin Part Three: Global Metal Encounters Metal in Rio de Janeiro, 1980-2008: An Overview Claudia Azevedo Distortion-Drenched Dystopias: Metal in Island Southeast Asia Jeremy Wallach Turkish Metal: Music, Meaning, and Morality Pierre Hecker Part Four: Metal Musings: Literary and Mythological The Call of Cthulhu: Narrativity of the Cult in Metal Elizabeth A. Clendinning and Kathleen McAuley Barbarians and Literature: Viking Metal and its Links to Old Norse Mythology Imke von Helden Metal for Nordic Men? Amon Amarth's Representations of Vikings Florian Heesch Part Five: Metal Politics Nordic Nationalisms: Black Metal takes Norway's Everyday Racisms to the 'Extreme' Laura Wiebe Taylor From Forests Unknown: 'Eurometal' and the Political/Audio Unconscious Scott Wilson 'Politics?! Nah, Fuck Politics Man!' What Can We Expect from Metal Gods? Niall W. R. Scott