Pop pagans : paganism and popular music / edited by Donna Weston and Andy Bennett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weston, Donna.

Bennett, Andy, 1963-

Series:

Studies in contemporary and historical paganism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--Religious aspects.

Popular music.

Paganism.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham, UK : Acumen, 2013.

Summary:

Paganism is rapidly becoming a religious, creative and political force internationally. It has found one of its most public expressions in popular music, where it is voiced by singers and musicians across rock, folk, techno, goth, metal, Celtic, world and pop music. With essays ranging across the US, UK, continental Europe, Australia and Asia, Pop Pagans assesses the histories, genres, performances and communities of Pagan popular music. Over time, Paganism became associated with the counter-culture, satanic and gothic culture, rave and festival culture, ecological consciousness and spirituality, and new ageism. Paganism has used music to express a powerful and even transgressive force in everyday life. Pop Pagans examines the many artists and movements that have contributed to this growing phenomenon. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Towards a definition of Pagan music / Donna Weston Weston, Donna, Andy Bennett Bennett, Andy 1

Part I Histories

2 Paganism and the counter-culture / Andy Bennett Bennett, Andy 13

3 Paganism, popular music and Stonehenge / Rupert Till Till, Rupert 24

4 Rememberings of a Pagan past: popular music and sacred place / Donna Weston Weston, Donna 43

Part II Genres

5 Pagan metal / Deena Weinstein Weinstein, Deena 58

6 The darker shade of Pagan: the emergence of Goth / Jason Pitzl-Waters Pitzl-Waters, Jason 76

7 Paganism and the British folk revival / Andy Letcher Letcher, Andy 91

Part III Performance

8 Dancing Paganism: music, dance and Pagan identity / Douglas Ezzy Ezzy, Douglas 110

9 Total solar eclipse festivals, cosmic pilgrims and planetary culture / Graham St John John, Graham St 126

10 Techno-shamanism and the economy of ecstasy as a religious experience / Alan Nixon Nixon, Alan, Adam Possamai Possamai, Adam 145

Part IV Communities

11 Sacramental song: theological imagination in the religious music of American Pagans / Christopher Chase Chase, Christopher 162

12 The rise of the Celtic cyber-diaspora: the influence of the "New Age" on internet Pagan communities and the dissemination of "Celtic" music / Narelle McCoy McCoy, Narelle 176

13 Esoterrorism and the wrecking of civilization: Genesis P-Orridge and the rise of industrial Paganism / Christopher Partridge Partridge, Christopher 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index.

Includes discography and filmograpy (pages 231-235)

ISBN:

1844656470

1844656462

9781844656462

9781844656479

9781845539696

1845539699

OCLC:

812407284

Publisher Number:

99955078439