Scary monsters : monstrosity, masculinity and popular music / Mark Duffett and Jon Hackett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duffett, Mark, author.

Hackett, Jon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity in music.

Monsters.

Popular music--Social aspects.

Popular music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

New York City : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"Through a series of case studies, Scary Monsters examines masculinity in popular music culture from the perspective of research into monstrosity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Jon Hackett

A Night at the Opera : Updating The Phantom / Mark Duffett

His Muscles Still Bulged Like Iron Bands' : King Kong and the Promotion of Lead Belly / Mark Duffett

Colonel Parker and the Art of Commercial Exploitation : The Manager as Monster / Mark Duffett

The Platformed Prometheus : Frankenstein and Glam Rock / Jon Hackett

The Case of Mark Chapman : Extreme Fandom as Monstrosity? / Mark Duffett

Exhuming the Gravediggaz : Gothic Hip Hop and Monster Capital / Jon Hackett

Masculinity on Trial : Noir Désir and Perverse Narcissism / Jon Hackett

'Jingle Jangle Man' : Jimmy Savile, Paedophilia and the Music Industry / Mark Duffett.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5013-1340-1

1-5013-1338-X

OCLC:

1238133426