Identifies how "dangerous" 1980s heavy metal can be analyzed through literary criticism, how heavy metal helps us understand what's dangerous about literature, and why metal music matters.
Identifies how "dangerous" 1980s heavy metal can be analyzed through literary criticism, how heavy metal helps us understand what's dangerous about literature, and why metal music matters.
Jesse Kavadlo is Professor of English and Humanities at Maryville University of St. Louis, USA, where he teaches a variety of classes about literature and culture. He has published four books, over thirty academic articles and book chapters, and contributes to the online magazine PopMatters. Jesse is also the lead guitarist in Top Gunz: The St. Louis '80's Party Rock Experience, playing under the name Dr. NoiZe.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface: My Double Life Introduction: Won't Somebody Please think of the Children? 1. Nothing. But: A Good Time? heavy Metal, the Cold War, and the Long 1980s 2. V for Violence 3. DA for Drugs and Alcohol 4. X for Sexually Explicit 5. O for Occult An Ode to Guitar Solos Conclusion: It's Been a Long Time Since I Rock-and-Rolled Notes Index
Preface: My Double Life Introduction: Won't Somebody Please think of the Children? 1. Nothing. But: A Good Time? heavy Metal, the Cold War, and the Long 1980s 2. V for Violence 3. DA for Drugs and Alcohol 4. X for Sexually Explicit 5. O for Occult An Ode to Guitar Solos Conclusion: It's Been a Long Time Since I Rock-and-Rolled Notes Index
Rezensionen
Like Virgil of Dante's Inferno, Kavadlo guides us through metal's long and complicated relationship with literature, art and critical theory, elegantly displaying how metal is more erudite than its critics – proving them wrong again and again.
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