Defiant Sounds - Heavy Metal Music in the Global South (Hardcover)

Far from its sites of origin in the Global North, metal music thrives in the hands of musicians, fans, and scholars throughout other geographies of the world. Metal in the Global South, the latter defined as a geographical and symbolic space marked by the colonial dynamics of modernity, shines through in Defiant Sounds: Heavy Metal Music in the Global South. The volume brings together authors working from and/or with the Global South to reflect on the roles of metal music throughout their respective regions. With contributions spanning Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania, and Indigenous Nations, the essays position metal music at the epicenter of region-specific experiences of oppression marked by colonialism, ethnic extermination, political persecution, and war. More importantly, the authors stress how metal music is used throughout the Global South to face these oppressive experiences, foster hope, and promote an agenda that seeks to build a better world. It may be that metal's greatest contribution to human emancipation will be in the years to come, in places its originators never imagined. This volume offers evidence of that contribution already taking place in the geographical and symbolic space that we respectfully and emphatically call the Distorted South.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Extreme Sounds Studies: Global Socio-Cultural Explorations
Release date:	March 2023
Editors:	Nelson Varas-Diaz • Jeremy Wallach • Esther Clinton • Daniel Nevarez Araujo
Contributors:	Augustinus Aryo Lukisworo • Edward Banchs • Manuela Belen Calvo • Sage Bond • Esther Clinton • Pasqualina Eckerstroem
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	430
ISBN-13:	978-1-79365-185-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > Heavy metal & progressive Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > Heavy metal & progressive Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
LSN:	1-79365-185-X
Barcode:	9781793651853

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