Heavy Metal Studies and Popular Culture (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)

Introduction: Metal Beyond Metal: The Future of Metal Studies; Keith Kahn-Harris PART I: RESILIENCE 1. Heavy Metal as Resistance; Niall Scott 2. Sentimental Comedy and the Heavy Metal Documentary; Gerd Bayer PART II: MEMORY 3. The Ballad of Heavy Metal: The Art of Song-Writing, Production Values and Pop-Metal Crossover; Andy R. Brown 4. Same as it Never Was: Machinations of Metal and Memory; Brad Klypchak 5. Metal at the Fringe: A Historical Perspective on Puerto Rico's Underground Metal Scene; Nelson Varas-Diaz PART III: CRITIQUE 6. Blasting Britney on the Way to Goatwhore: Identity and Authenticity among Female-identified Fans in Semi-rural North Carolina; Jamie E. Patterson 7. Powerslaves? Navigating Femininity in Heavy Metal; Jenna Kummer PART IV: METAL BEYOND METAL 8. Genre, Scene and Ritual in Cascadian Black Metal; Anthony Thibodeau 9. Metal and Comics: Strange Bedfellows?; Colin A. McKinnon