Book Review: "Metal Rules the Globe: Heavy Metal Music around the World". Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
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01/12/2014
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It is rare to find an anthology that realizes the possibilities of the form. We tend to regard our edited collections as lesser siblings, and forget their special value. But at times, a subject seems to require an edited collection much more than it does a classic monograph. So it is with the subject showcased here, which concerns the global circulation, performance and consumption of heavy metal. This is a relatively new and emerging body of work, hitherto scattered disparately in the broader popular music studies, but quickly gaining status as a “studies” with the establishment of a global conference, a journal, and publication of this anthology, all in recent years. Metal Rules the Globe took the editors’ a decade to compile. That they have thought deeply about how they want the collection to speak shows through in the book’s thoughtful arrangement and design, and in the way in which they draw on the contributions herein to develop for the field a research agenda that will take it forward... |
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Equinox |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/82833/3/82833.pdf http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/JWPM/article/view/318-323/pdf DOI:10.1558/jwpm.v1i2.26594 Baulch, Emma (2014) Book Review: "Metal Rules the Globe: Heavy Metal Music around the World". Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Journal of World Popular Music, 1(2), pp. 318-323. ARC DISCOVERY GRANT/DP1301102990 |
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Copyright 2015 Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Creative Industries Faculty; School of Media, Entertainment & Creative Arts |
Palavras-Chave | #popular music #heavy metal #anthology |
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