| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Emerald studies in metal music and culture |
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Emerald studies in metal music and culture.
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| Contents |
Introduction to multilingual metal / Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi, Charlotte Doesburg, and Amanda DiGioia -- Part I, texts and intertextuality. Yiddish metal as a manifestation of postvernacularity / Lily Kahn ; Baudelaire and black metal : performing poetry under perestroika / Caroline Ardrey -- Part II, national, cultural and minority identity. Større enn tid, tyngre enn natt : the interplay of language and cultural identity in the lyrics of Norwegian metal bands / Imke von Helden ; Spanish and non-Spanish perspectives on El Cid in heavy metal : identity vindication, cultural appropriation and Islamophobia / Amaranta Saguar García ; At the crossroads of Nordic traditions and languages : the representation of the Swedish-speaking Finn community in Finnish heavy metal / Lise Vigier -- Part III, processing oppression, war, and bereavement. Poetic analysis of the anti-war song Muerte en mostar by the Spanish heavy metal band Desafio / Elena-Carolina Hewitt ; Vocalising a troubled past : a case study of political activism in Taiwanese metal / Kevin Kai-wen Chiu ; Til opalsøens dyb, 'To the depths of Opal Lake' : on bereavement, locality, and intimacy in Danish black metal lyrics by Orm / Tore Tvarnø Lind -- Part IV, local, global, authentic, and funny. I custodi dell'accaio inox : language as an interface between the global and the local in Italian 'heavy metal demenziale' / Karl Farrugia ; The paradoxical usage of Austrian dialects of German in metal music / Peter Pichler ; Delusions of grandeur? : producting authentic metal music in the Soviet Union / Dawn Hazle ; Is Kawaii metal? : exploring aidorul metal fusion through the lyrics of Babymetal / Lewis F. Kennedy -- Part V, ancient languages and mythology. Nata vimpi curmi da : dead languages and primordial nationalisms in folk metal music / Simon Trafford ; Verba bestiae : how Latin conquered heavy metal / Flavio M. Cecchini, Greta H. Franzini and Marco C. Passarotti ; Local folk tales, legends, and Slavic mythology in Slovenian heavy metal lyrics : a quantitative analysis / Anamarija Šporčič and Gašper Pesek |
| Summary |
This multi-disciplinary book explores the textual analysis of heavy metal lyrics written in languages other than English including Japanese, Yiddish, Latin, Russian, Hungarian, Austrian German, and Norwegian. Topics covered include national and minority identity, politics, wordplay, parody, local/global, intertextuality, and adaptation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 20, 2021) |
| Subject |
Heavy metal (Music) -- Social aspects
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Heavy metal (Music) -- History and criticism
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Music and language.
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Multilingualism.
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Heavy Metal music.
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Music, Genres & Styles, Heavy Metal.
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Multilingualism
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Music and language
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Valijärvi, Riitta-Liisa, editor.
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Doesburg, Charlotte, editor.
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DiGioia, Amanda, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781839099502 |
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183909950X |
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9781839099489 |
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1839099488 |
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