Death metal and music criticism : analysis at the limits / Michelle Phillipov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillipov, Michelle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death metal (Music)--History and criticism.

Death metal (Music).

Musical criticism--Political aspects.

Musical criticism.

Popular music--History and criticism--Political aspects.

Popular music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Author Michelle Phillipov Combines original analyses of death metal with accessible overviews of popular music studies as a field. By doing so, Phillipov demonstrates how the premium placed on political engagement in popular music studies serves to circumscribe our understanding of the complexity and specificity of death metal.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The Limits of Music Criticism; Chapter One: The Rise of Political Criticism; Chapter Two: The Politics of Popular Music Studies; Chapter Three: The Search for the "New Punk"; Chapter Four: A "Promise Unfulfilled"; II: The Pleasures of Death Metal; Chapter Five: Death Metal and the Reorientation of Listening; Chapter Six: The Pleasures of Horror; Chapter Seven: "Becoming Death"; Chapter Eight: "Bodies Prepared for Slaughter"; Conclusion; Select Discography; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

0-7391-6461-9

1-280-66642-0

9786613643353

OCLC:

782923598