Multilingual Metal Music

Sociocultural, Linguistic and Literary Perspectives on Heavy Metal Lyrics

Multilingual Metal Music
Riitta-Liisa Valijarvi, Charlotte Doesburg, Amanda DiGioia
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Hardback
h229 x 152mm - 388pg
8 Jan 2021 UK
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9781839099496
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This multi-disciplinary edited collection explores the textual analysis of heavy metal lyrics written in languages other than English, including Yiddish, Latin, Russian, Austrian German, Spanish and Italian. The volume features fascinating chapters on the role of ancient language in heavy metal, the significance of metal in minority-language communities, Slovenian mythology in metal, heavy metal lyrics and politics in the Soviet Union and Taiwan, processing bereavement in Danish black metal, cultural identity in Norwegian-medium metal, and the Kawaii metal scene in Japan, amongst others. Applying a range of methodological approaches - from literary and content analysis to quantitative corpus methods and critical approaches - the book conceptualises various forms of identity via lyrical text and identifies a number of global themes in heavy metal lyrics, including authenticity, parody and the desire to sound extreme, that reoccur across different countries and languages. The book is essential reading for researchers and students of metal music and culture, as well as those with broader interests in cultural studies, musicology, literary studies and popular culture studies.
Riitta-Liisa Valijarvi is Principal Teaching Fellow in Finnish and Minority Languages at University College London, UK, and Senior Lecturer in Finno-Ugric Languages at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her previous publications include Finnish Tutor (2017) and North Sami: An Essential Grammar (2017), along with articles in journals such as European Journal of Cultural Studies and Linguistic Landscape. Charlotte Doesburg is a researcher in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, UK. She has previously published on the influence of the Kalevala on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Amanda DiGioia is a researcher in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, UK. Her previous publications include Childbirth and Parenting in Horror Texts (2017) and Duelling, the Russian Cultural Imagination, and Masculinity in Crisis (2020), along with articles in journals such as Horror Studies and Metal Music Studies.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781839099496
Published: 8 Jan 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Emerald Publishing
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Pages: 388

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