Detail
ISBN :
| 0754664236 (hardcover) : |
ISBN :
| 9780754664239 (hardcover) : |
Title :
| Heavy metal music in Britain / ed. by Gerd Bayer |
Subject :
| Heavy metal (Music) |
Subject :
| Great Britain |
Subject :
| History and criticism |
Subject :
| Social aspects |
Subject :
| Großbritannien |
Subject :
| Heavy Metal |
Subject :
| Aufsatzsammlung |
Description :
| Includes bibliographical references and index |
Table Of Contents :
| Introduction. Doing cultural studies with earplugs / Gerd Bayer -- Part I. Metal commodities. The empowering masculinity of British heavy metal / Deena Weinstein -- Metal goes 'pop' : the explosion of heavy metal into the mainstream / Benjamin Earl -- The brutal truth : Grindcore as the extreme realism of British heavy metal / Liam Dee -- Part 2. The literary and mythological heritage. Demons, devils and witches : the occult in heavy metal music / Helen Farley -- Images of human-wrought despair and destruction : social critique in British apocalyptic and dystopian metal / Laura Wiebe Taylor -- From Achilles to Alexander : the classical world and the world of metal / Iain Campbell -- Elements of the gothic in heavy metal : a match made in Hell / Bryan A. Bardine -- Part 3. Heavy metal societies. The unmaking of the English working class : deindustrialization, reification, and the origins of heavy metal / Ryan M. Moore -- No class? : class and class politics in British heavy metal / Magnus Nilsson -- Rocking the nation : one global audience, one flag? / Gerd Bayer.. |
Publisher :
| Ashgate |
Date-issued :
| c 2009 |
Type : | Text |
Extent :
| XII, 201 S. |
is part of :
| Ashgate popular and folk music series |
publication :
| Farnham, England ;Burlington, VT |
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