Connecting Metal to Culture
Connecting Metal to Culture (Book)
Unity in Disparity
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.
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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 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.
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Foreword
Alex Skolnick
Introduction
Mika Elovaara, Ph.D. and Bryan Bardine, Ph.D.
Chapter 1: Thor and Trolls, Flutes and Fiddles: ‘Folk’ in Metal
Mika Elovaara, Ph.D.
Chapter 2: … Another Thing Coming: Nostalgia and Kitsch in Mass Cultural Manifestations of ‘Metal’
Brad Klypchak, Ph.D.
Chapter 3: Metal as a Vehicle for Critical Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenging Traditional Female Gender Roles through Music
Nelson Varas-Díaz, Ph.D.; Sigrid Mendoza, M.A.; Eliot Rivera, Ph.D.; and Osvaldo Gonzalez, B.A.
Chapter 4: Diversity in Metal Politics
André Epp, Ph.D.
Chapter 5: The Horror and the Allure: Metal, Power, Gothic Literature, and Multisubjectivity
Jeremy Wallach, Ph.D. and Esther Clinton, Ph.D.
Chapter 6: Bang Your Head to the ‘Beat’ of Non-Conformity
C.C. Hendricks, M.L.A., M.A., Ph.D. Candidate
Chapter 7: Metal Documentaries: The National, the Global, and the Cosmopolitan
Gerd Bayer, Dr. Phil. abil.
Chapter 8: But That Doesn’t Help Me On Guitar!: Unraveling the Myth of the Self-Taught Metal Guitarist
Kevin Ebert, M.M.
Chapter 9: Beyond ‘Forms of Aggression’: Teaching Extreme Metal in the Composition Classroom
Paul Petrovic, Ph.D.
Chapter 10: From Sabbath to Slayer: Using Metal in the Writing Classroom
Bryan A. Bardine, Ph.D.
Conclusion
Mika Elovaara, Ph.D. and Bryan Bardine, Ph.D.
List of Contributors
Index
'This collection... offers a thoughtful fan of Metal, as well as those outside this base curious about the resonance of the genre across borders and cultures, a place to begin their own attentive scrutiny of a worthy music.'
