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Running with the Devil
Robert Walser
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Description for Running with the Devil
Paperback. A comprehensive musical, social, and cultural analysis of heavy metal music, with a new foreword and afterword Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
Dismissed by critics and academics, condemned by parents and politicians, and fervently embraced by legions of fans, heavy metal music continues to attract and embody cultural conflicts that are central to society. In Running with the Devil, Robert Walser explores how and why heavy metal works, both musically and socially, and at the same time uses metal to investigate contemporary formations of identity, community, gender, and power. This edition includes a new foreword by Harris M. Berger contextualizing the work and a new afterword by the author.
Dismissed by critics and academics, condemned by parents and politicians, and fervently embraced by legions of fans, heavy metal music continues to attract and embody cultural conflicts that are central to society. In Running with the Devil, Robert Walser explores how and why heavy metal works, both musically and socially, and at the same time uses metal to investigate contemporary formations of identity, community, gender, and power. This edition includes a new foreword by Harris M. Berger contextualizing the work and a new afterword by the author.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780819575142
SKU
V9780819575142
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Ref
99-1
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