Heavy Metal Youth Identities

Drawing on repeat interviews with metal youth, the book examines why they were first attracted to metal during high school; how they used metal music and identities as coping strategies; and ways that their metal affiliations took on further significance for helping them make important decisions about what to do with their lives post-school.

About the author

Paula Rowe, PhD, is a Social Work scholar at the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia. She is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Metal Music Studies

Summary

Drawing on repeat interviews with metal youth, the book examines why they were first attracted to metal during high school; how they used metal music and identities as coping strategies; and ways that their metal affiliations took on further significance for helping them make important decisions about what to do with their lives post-school.

Product details

• Authors: Paula Rowe, Paula (University of South Australia Rowe
• Assisted by: Rosemary Lucy Hill (Editor), Paula Rowe (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781787568501
• ISBN: 978-1-78756-850-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 437 g
• Series: Emerald Studies in Metal Music; Emerald Studies in Metal Music and Culture; Emerald Studies in Metal Music; Emerald Studies in Metal Music and Culture; Emerald Studies in Metal Music and Culture Book Set (2018-2019)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous