Turkish Metal: Music, Meaning, and Morality in a Muslim Society

ISBN-13: 9781138261679 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 240 str.

Pierre Hecker

Opis

Turkish Metal uncovers the emergence, evolution, and especially the social implications of this controversial musical genre in a Muslim society. Above all, the book investigates the Turkish metal scene's potential for contesting Islamic concepts of morality, its relevance within the field of female emancipation, and its capacity to foster social relations that cut across national, religious and ethnic boundaries.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Closing in...; Turkish metal; Children of Satan; Media manipulations; Towards the extreme; Metal and gender; Metal matters; Appendix; Discography; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Pierre Hecker is a lecturer at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Marburg, Germany. He holds a doctorate in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies and is the author of numerous articles on heavy metal in the Middle East.