Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music (Music / Culture)

Walser, Robert

ISBN 10: 0819562602 / ISBN 13: 9780819562609

Published by Wesleyan University Press, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music (Music / Culture)
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0819562602
• ISBN 13: 9780819562609
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book.

A musicologist and cultural critic as well as a professional musician, Robert Walser offers a comprehensive musical, social, and cultural analysis of heavy metal in Running with the Devil. Dismissed by critics and academics, condemned by parents and politicians, fervently embraced by legions of fans, heavy metal music attracts and embodies cultural conflicts that are central to our society. 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.

About the Authors

ROBERT WALSER is Professor and Chairman of Musicology at UCLA. He is editor of Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History (Oxford University Press, 1999) and of the journal American Music.

ROBERT WALSER is Professor and Chairman of Musicology at UCLA. He is editor of Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History (Oxford University Press, 1999) and of the journal American Music.