Running with the Devil
Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music
2nd Edition
Published on 14. November 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
254 pages
978-0-8195-7514-2 (ISBN)
Description
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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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
16 illus., 13 musical examples
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
425 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8195-7514-2 (9780819575142)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
10/2014
2nd Edition
Wesleyan University Press
€16.49
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Persons
ROBERT WALSER is a professor and director of the Center of Popular Music Studies at Case Western Reserve University. He has published extensively on popular music, including Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History. Walser has received NEH and ACLS fellowships and has twice won the Irving Lowens Award. HARRIS M. BERGER is professor of music and performance studies at Texas A&M University. He is the author of Stance and coeditor of Metal Rules the Globe.