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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465189103321

Autore

Phillipov Michelle

Titolo

Death metal and music criticism [[electronic resource] ] : analysis at the limits / / Michelle Phillipov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012

ISBN

0-7391-6461-9

1-280-66642-0

9786613643353

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Disciplina

781.6609

Soggetti

Death metal (Music) - History and criticism

Musical criticism - Political aspects

Popular music - History and criticism - Political aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The Limits of Music Criticism; Chapter One: The Rise of Political Criticism; Chapter Two: The Politics of Popular Music Studies; Chapter Three: The Search for the "New Punk"; Chapter Four: A "Promise Unfulfilled"; II: The Pleasures of Death Metal; Chapter Five: Death Metal and the Reorientation of Listening; Chapter Six: The Pleasures of Horror; Chapter Seven: "Becoming Death"; Chapter Eight: "Bodies Prepared for Slaughter"; Conclusion; Select Discography; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Author Michelle Phillipov Combines original analyses of death metal with accessible overviews of popular music studies as a field. By doing so, Phillipov demonstrates how the premium placed on political engagement in popular music studies serves to circumscribe our understanding of the complexity and specificity of death metal.