Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Number of pages | 184 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781137554413 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781137554406 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Nov 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Publication series
| Name | Pop Music, Culture and Identity |
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| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
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Gender, Metal and the Media : Women Fans and the Gendered Experience of Music. / Hill, Rosemary Lucy.
London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. 184 p. (Pop Music, Culture and Identity).Research output: Book/Report › Book
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T1 - Gender, Metal and the Media
T2 - Women Fans and the Gendered Experience of Music
AU - Hill, Rosemary Lucy
PY - 2016/11/14
Y1 - 2016/11/14
N2 - This book is a timely examination of the tension between being a rock music fan and being a woman. From the media representation of women rock fans as groupies to the widely held belief that hard rock and metal is masculine music, being a music fan is an experience shaped by gender. Through a lively discussion of the idealised imaginary community created in the media and interviews with women fans in the UK, Rosemary Lucy Hill grapples with the controversial topics of groupies, sexism and male dominance in metal. She challenges the claim that the genre is inherently masculine, arguing that musical pleasure is much more sophisticated than simplistic enjoyments of aggression, violence and virtuosity. Listening to women’s experiences, she maintains, enables new thinking about hard rock and metal music, and about what it is like to be a women fan in a sexist environment.
AB - This book is a timely examination of the tension between being a rock music fan and being a woman. From the media representation of women rock fans as groupies to the widely held belief that hard rock and metal is masculine music, being a music fan is an experience shaped by gender. Through a lively discussion of the idealised imaginary community created in the media and interviews with women fans in the UK, Rosemary Lucy Hill grapples with the controversial topics of groupies, sexism and male dominance in metal. She challenges the claim that the genre is inherently masculine, arguing that musical pleasure is much more sophisticated than simplistic enjoyments of aggression, violence and virtuosity. Listening to women’s experiences, she maintains, enables new thinking about hard rock and metal music, and about what it is like to be a women fan in a sexist environment.
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KW - fans
KW - Feminism
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KW - groupies
KW - media
KW - metal
KW - music
KW - rock
KW - Subculture
KW - women
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