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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Emerald studies in metal music and culture.
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| Summary |
This edited collection investigates metal music's enduring fascination with the medieval period from a variety of critical perspectives, exploring how metal musicians and fans use the medieval period as a fount for creativity and critique. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Scott G. Bruce Introduction; Ruth Barratt-Peacock and Ross Hagen Section I: Metal's Medieval Frames Chapter 1. The Trans-Medial Fight for Glory; Johannes Hellrich, Christoph Rzymski, and Vitus Vestergaard Chapter 2. Medieval Media Transformations and Metal Album Covers; Vitus Vestergaard Chapter 3. Getting Medieval: Signifiers of the Middle-Ages in Black Metal Aesthetic; Eric Smialek Chapter 4. Computational Detection of Medieval References in Metal; Johannes Hellrich, and Christoph Rzymski Section II: Nationalism and Identity in Metal Medievalism Chapter 5. The Politics and Poetics of Metal's Medieval Pasts; Shamma Boyarin, Annika Christensen, Amaranta Saguar García, and Dean Swinford Chapter 6. The New Metal Medievalism: Alexander the Great, Islamic historiography and Nile's "Iskander Dhul Kharnon"; Shamma Boyarin Chapter 7. The Return of El Cid: The Topicality of Rodrigo Díaz in Spanish Heavy Metal; Amaranta Saguar García Chapter 8. Making Heritage Metal: Faroese Kvæði and Viking Metal; Annika Christensen Chapter 9. Black Metal's Medieval King: The Apotheosis of Euronymous through Album Dedications; Dean Swinford Section III: Historical Source Materials in Metal Musics Chapter 10. Finding the Past in the Present and the Present in the Past; Ruth Barratt-Peacock, Ross Hagen, and Brenda S. Gardenour Walter Chapter 11. Obsequiae: Reconciling 'Authentic' Medieval Musical Styles with Metal; Ross Hagen Chapter 12. The Villon that Never Was; Ruth Barratt-Peacock Chapter 13. Satanic Bowels: Medieval Inversion and the Black Metal Grotesque; Brenda S. Gardenour Walter. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Heavy metal (Music) -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Heavy metal (Music) |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Medievalism.
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Medievalism. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Barratt-Peacock, Ruth, 1988- editor.
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Hagen, Ross (William Ross), editor.
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| ISBN |
9781787563971 (electronic book) |
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1787563979 (electronic book) |
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9781787563957 (electronic book) |
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1787563952 (electronic book) |
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9781787563964 |
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1787563960 hardcover |
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9781787563964 |
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