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

• Autore: Phillipov Michelle
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.6609
• Soggetto topico: Death metal (Music) - History and criticism; Musical criticism - Political aspects; Popular music - History and criticism - Political aspects
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Death metal and music criticism
• ISBN: 0-7391-6461-9; 1-280-66642-0; 9786613643353
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792290203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II