Heavy metal music and the communal experience / edited by Nelson Varas-Díaz and Niall Scott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Varas Díaz, Nelson, editor.

Scott, Niall, editor.

EBSCOhost.

Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heavy metal (Music)--Social aspects.

Heavy metal (Music).

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Heavy Metal Music and the Communal Experience critically examines the issue of community formation in metal music. Through theoretical reflections on communal formation empirical research in me field, the authors focus on how metal communities are conceptualized, created shaped, maintained, interact with their context, and address internal tensions. Scholars interested in extreme music and community formation will become familiar with this particular collective experience, now prevalent throughout the world. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Entering the Communal and Conceptualizing Collectiveness 1

1 Communities of Metal: Ideal, Diminished and Imaginary / Deena Weinstein Weinstein, Deena 3

2 Absurd Communities of Misanthropic Paradox Destruction: You Play and We'll Destroy the House! / Niall Scott Scott, Niall 23

3 Talking Metal: The Social Phenomenology of Hanging Out / Esther Clinton Clinton, Esther, Jeremy Wallach Wallach, Jeremy 37

Part 2 Strengthening Community 57

4 Ride Between Hell and Paradise: Imaginaerum as Mental Anchoring Place for the Global Nightwish Fan Community / Toni-Matti Karjalainen Karjalainen, Toni-Matti 59

5 "We're in This Together and We Take Care of Our Own": Narrative Constructions of Metal Community Told by Metal Youth / Paula Rome Rome, Paula 79

Part 3 Communities in Contextual Interaction 99

6 Porous Communities: Critical Interactions Between Metal Music and Local Culture in the Caribbean Context / Nelson Varas-Díaz Varas-Díaz, Nelson, Sigrid Mendoza Mendoza, Sigrid, Eric Morales Morales, Eric 101

Part 4 Tensions Within the Communal Experience 125

7 Exploring the Language and Spectacle of Online Hate Speech in the Black Metal Scene: Developing Theoretical and Methodological Liter sections Between the Social Sciences and the Humanities / Vivek Venkatesh Venkatesh, Vivek, Bradley J. Nelson Nelson, Bradley J., Tieja Thomas Thomas, Tieja, Jason J. Wallin Wallin, Jason J., Jeffrey S. Podoshen Podoshen, Jeffrey S., Christopher Thompson Thompson, Christopher, Kathryn Jezer-Morton Jezer-Morton, Kathryn, Jihan Rabah Rabah, Jihan, Kathryn Urbaniak Urbaniak, Kathryn, Méi-Rn St. Laurent Laurent, Méi-Rn St. 127

8 What Did the Norwegians Ever Do for Us?: Actor-Network Theory, the Second Wave of Black Metal, and the Imaginary Community of Heavy Metal / Karl Spracklen Spracklen, Karl 151

Part 5 Expanding the Community Beyond Previously Thought Borders 169

9 Do Metal Scenes Need Retirement Homes?: Care and the Limitations of Metal Community / Keith Kahn-Harris Kahn-Harris, Keith 171

10 A Shared Madness: The Joint Ownership of Heavy Metal History and Studies / Brian Hickam Hickam, Brian 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 08, 2016).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Heavy metal music and the communal experience

ISBN:

9781498506397

1498506399

Publisher Number:

99969064801

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