Title: Connecting metal to culture : unity in disparity /
Authors: Elovaara, Mika,; Bardine, Bryan Anthony, 1968-
Year: 2017
Subjects: Heavy metal (Music) Social aspects.
Abstract: Though it's given little attention and even less serious attention by the mainstream press, metal music has for decades been a major creative and cultural force around the world. This book brings together a group of contributors from Europe, North America, and the Caribbean to make a case for metal's place not merely on the periphery of our culture, but at its very heart. Contributors attend not merely to the music, but also to the accompanying culture, and they offer intriguing insights into the rise of metal in places where it's traditionally been little known, like the Middle East and North Africa. The result is a global portrait of metal that asserts its importance and its ongoing contribution to culture.
Contents: Thor and trolls, flutes and fiddles: 'Folk' in metal / Mika Elovaara -- Another thing coming: nostalgia and kitsch in mass cultural manifestations of 'Metal' / Brad Klypchak -- Metal as a vehicle for critical culture in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenging traditional female gender roles through music / Nelson Varas-Díaz, et al. -- Diversity in metal politics / André Epp -- The horror and the allure: metal, power, gothic literature, and multisubjectivity / Jeremy Wallach and Esther Clinton -- Bang your head to the 'Beat' of non-conformity / C.C. Hendricks -- Metal documentaries: the national, the global, and the cosmopolitan / Gerd Bayer -- But that doesn't help me on guitar!: unraveling the myth of the self-taught metal guitarist / Kevin Ebert -- Beyond 'Forms of Aggression': Teaching extreme metal in the composition classroom / Paul Petrovic -- From sabbath to slayer: using metal in the writing classroom / Bryan A. Bardine.