Affective Intensities in Extreme Music Scenes - Cases From Australia and Japan

An ethnographic study of gender, place and belonging, Affective Intensities introduces readers to the embodied sensations, flows and experiences of being in extreme music scenes in Australia and Japan.

List of contents

Contents Introduction 1. A Grisly Scene? Extreme Metal Music, Belonging and Ethnography 2. Brutal Belonging in Brutal Spaces 3. Idiots and Wankers: Grindcore Sociality 4. I Hate Girls and Emotions: Brutal Sociality 5. Brutal Belonging in Other Spaces Conclusion Bibliography Appendices Endnotes Index

About the author

Rosemary Overell completed a PhD on extreme metal music at the University of Melbourne, Australia. After teaching in Melbourne, she moved to the University of Otago, New Zealand, to take up a lecturer position in the Department of Media, Film and Communication. Currently, she is researching how nikkeijin (Japanese-Brazilians working in Japan) relate to Japanese national space through their experiences in extreme metal music.

Summary

An ethnographic study of gender, place and belonging, Affective Intensities introduces readers to the embodied sensations, flows and experiences of being in extreme music scenes in Australia and Japan.

Product details

• Authors: R Overell, R. Overell, Rosemary Overell
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349488049
• ISBN: 978-1-349-48804-9
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity; Pop Music, Culture and Identit; Pop Music, Culture and Identity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Music, Media Studies, Culture, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Communication, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Regional Studies, Youth Culture, Culture—Study and teaching, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Age groups: adolescents, Youth—Social life and customs, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection