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9780306809705

Heavy Metal The Music And Its Culture, Revised Edition

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  • ISBN13:

    9780306809705

  • ISBN10:

    0306809702

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-07
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press

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Summary

The definitive study of heavy metal culture that "does for metal what Greil Marcus's "Lipstick Traces" did for the Sex Pistols" ("-Chicago Sun-Times").

Author Biography

Deena Weinstein is a professor of sociology at DePaul University in Chicago. Her numerous books, chapters, and articles in professional journals range from the sociology of rock to postmodern theory. She also writes music reviews and features for numerous magazines, alternative weeklies, and websites.

Table of Contents

Appreciation ix
Acknowledgments xi
Studying Metal: The Bricolage of Culture
1(10)
Heavy Metal: The Beast that Refuses to Die
11(48)
Making the Music: Metal Gods
59(34)
Digging the Music: Proud Pariahs
93(52)
Transmitting the Music: Metal Media
145(54)
The Concert: Metal Epiphany
199(38)
Maligning the Music: Metal Detractors
237(40)
Metal in the '90s
277(26)
Appendixes
Appendix A: Suggested Hearings: 100 Definitive Metal Albums
295(4)
Appendix B: Gender Preferences for Metal Subgenres
299(2)
Appendix C: Proportion of Heavy Metal Albums in Billboard's Top 100
301(2)
Notes 303(26)
References 329(16)
Index 345(8)
About the Author 353

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