| Description |
1 online resource (142 pages). |
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text file PDF |
| Series |
Palgrave Pivot
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Palgrave pivot.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- A genre of paradoxes and dichotomies -- Defilement and social theory -- Post-secular aesthetics and the symbolic constitution of extreme metal music -- The modalities of defilement within extreme metal -- The symbolic experience of Christian extreme metal -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Based on ethnographic research within the extreme metal community, Unger offers a thought-provoking look at how symbols of authenticity and defilement fashion social experience in surprising ways. Exploring the many themes and ciphers that comprise this musical community, this book interprets aesthetic resonances as a way to understand contemporary identity, politics, and social relations. In the end, this book develops a unique argument: the internal composition of the community's music and sound moulds symbols that shape, reflect, and constrain social patterns of identity, difference, and transgression. This book contributes to the sociology of sound and music, the study of religion in popular culture, and the role of aesthetics in everyday life. It will be of interest to upper level students, post-graduate students and scholars of religion, popular culture, and philosophy." --back cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Extreme metal (Music) -- History and criticism.
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Extreme metal (Music) |
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics. |
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Cultural studies. |
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Religion & beliefs. |
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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge. |
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Philosophy: aesthetics. |
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Anthropology. |
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Music. |
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory. |
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Heavy metal (Music) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Unger, Matthew P. Sound, Symbol, Sociality : The Aesthetic Experience of Extreme Metal Music. London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, ©2016 9781137478344 (OCoLC)959031524 |
| ISBN |
9781137478351 |
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1137478357 |
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1137478349 |
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9781137478344 |
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9781137478344 |
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1137478349 |
| Standard No. |
9781137478344 |
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10.1057/978-1-137-47835-1 |
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