Damage Incorporated: Metallica and the Production of Musical Identity

ISBN-13: 9780415973748 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 272 str.

Glenn T. Pillsbury

Opis

Damage Incorporated: Metallica and the Production of Musical Identity offers an interdisciplinary study investigating a range of topics that intersect in the music and cultural influence of Metallica. As part of a collection of heavy metal bands-among them Slayer, Anthrax, and Megadeth-grouped together under the rubric "thrash metal," Metallica's music presents a number of avenues for investigation. Specifically, Damage Incorporated focuses on identity in popular music as a set of performing conventions, with Metallica's place within certain conventions of genre, race, and gender serving as a constant impetus. The book also engages broadly with larger questions of the politics of culture, American history, musical analysis, and the character of musical discourses in the context of commerce. An essential book for students of popular culture, mass media, and music, Damage Incorporated sets a new standard for the study and exploration of issues of class, gender, and race in popular music. About the Author Glenn T. Pillsbury is a recent Ph.D. in Musicology from UCLA and a rising star in the field of popular music studies. He is the author of the "Metallica" chapter in the Encyclopedia Britannica, a founding editor of the online journal ECHO, and a regular presenter of papers at major scholarly meetings in music and the arts.

Spis treści

Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction I. Thrashing All Around Rhythm, the Body, and the Genre of Thrash Metal II. Death Greets Me Warm The Fade to Black Paradigm III. Thinking Man's Metal Whiteness, Detachment, and the Performance of Musical Complexity IV. The Road and the Mode Musical Tourism and Ethnicity Roaming V. Shape Shift, Mutiny in the Air The Sell-Out Question and Popular Music Histories Epilogue Notes Selected Discography Selected Bibliography Index

O autorze

Glenn T. Pillsbury is a recent Ph.D. in Musicology from UCLA and a rising star in the field of popular music studies. He is the author of the "Metallica" chapter in the Encyclopedia Britannica, a founding member of the editorial board of the online music journal ECHO, and a regular presenter of papers at major scholarly meetings in music and the arts.