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Metalheads: Heavy Metal Music And Adolescent Alienation
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
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Description for Metalheads: Heavy Metal Music And Adolescent Alienation
paperback. A study of heavy-metal music and its performers, and its message about American adolescents. Num Pages: 208 pages, tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Heavy metal is a violent, head-bashing music complete, in its live performances, with its own arena of rage and celebration, the mosh pit. It is a music in the red corner of society, loud, angry, and, to a well-tuned ear, practically intolerable. And yet, the art form radiates a message about American adolescents well worth examining and comprehending: Its devotees, primarily adolescent boys, are alienated from their world and angry about its future. Heavy metal speaks throbbingly the message of rage, loneliness, and cynicism.In this sensitive book, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett synthesizes the stories and experiences of seventy male and thirty-eight ... Read more
Heavy metal is a violent, head-bashing music complete, in its live performances, with its own arena of rage and celebration, the mosh pit. It is a music in the red corner of society, loud, angry, and, to a well-tuned ear, practically intolerable. And yet, the art form radiates a message about American adolescents well worth examining and comprehending: Its devotees, primarily adolescent boys, are alienated from their world and angry about its future. Heavy metal speaks throbbingly the message of rage, loneliness, and cynicism.In this sensitive book, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett synthesizes the stories and experiences of seventy male and thirty-eight ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780813328133
SKU
V9780813328133
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About Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is associate professor of human development and family studies at the University of Missouri at Columbia.
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