Kotila, S. (2012). Frost, Blood and a Thousand Lakes: Representing Finnishness in Metal Lyrics (T.(S.) Mäntymäki, Ed.). Master's thesis, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://osuva.uwasa.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/2056/osuva_5024.pdf?sequence=1 Abstract: << Tutkielmassani selvitän, millaisena suomalaisuus artikuloituu viime vuosien kansainväliselle yleisölle suunnatussa, englanninkielisessä metallilyriikassa. Tutkielmani pohjaa teoreettisesti ajatukselle, että kansallista kulttuuria ja identiteettiä rakennetaan ja tuotetaan diskursiivisesti. Benedict Anderson luonnehtii valtiota kielen avulla kuviteltuna ja määriteltynä yhteisönä. Kansallinen diskurssi tuottaa yhteisöllisyyttä, se määrittelee ”meidät” erityislaatuisina. Kansallisvaltio on käsitteenä historiallisesti suhteellisen uusi, ja jokainen kansakunta on kulttuurisesti hybridi. Silti diskurssin avulla kansakunnasta luodaan representaatio, joka esittää sen olleen olemassa jo määrittelemättömän kauan, ja joka esittää sen olevan kulttuurisesti homogeeninen. Stuart Hallin teorioima ”kansallinen narratiivi” on metafora, joka asettaa kaikki tiettyä kansallisuutta kuvaavat esitykset yhteyteen. Niistä syntyy kansallinen kertomus, jossa painottuvat usein toistetut kansallisuutta kuvaavat elementit, viitteet ja symboliikka. Mitä enemmän jotain kuvausta toistetaan, sitä itsestään selvempänä se alkaa näyttäytyä, ja sitä vaikeampi se on haastaa, vaikka se ei vastaisikaan totuutta. Tässä piilee diskursiivisuuden voima. Kansalliseen keskusteluun osallistuvat saattavat toistaa vallalla olevia käsityksiä jopa tiedostamattaan. Tutkimusaineistossani suomalaisuuden elementit; symbolit ja erilaiset viittaukset artikuloituvat metallilyriikan aineksiksi. Kontekstualisointi on keskeisin tekniikkani analysoidessani lyriikoita, tästä syystä myös Deena Weinsteinin teoria metallidiskurssista on oleellinen osa teoriapohjaani. Jotkin viittaukset paljastavat monitahoisen merkityksensä vain, kun ne luetaan asetettuna metallidiskurssin ja kansallisen diskurssin leikkauskenttään. Aineistokseni olen valinnut seitsemän laulun lyriikat, joista jokainen lähestyy suomalaisuutta hieman eri näkökulmasta ja eri painotuksin. Jokainen laululyriikoista muodostaa omanlaisensa kuvan suomalaisuudesta. Pohdin tutkielmassani lyriikoiden ”kertojien” positioitumista suhteessa suomalaisuuteen. Lyriikoiden suomalaisuus artikuloituu suhteessa toisiin kansallisuuksiin, mutta myös suhteessa valtion sisäiseen dynamiikkaan. Tärkeitä viitekehyksiä ovat kansallisessa diskurssissa keskeiset ja myös perinteiset: kansakunnan näkeminen perheenomaisena, valtion näkeminen kotina, kansallinen luonto ja kansallismaisema, mentaliteetti, sekä poliittinen historia. Lopuksi pohdin vaikutteita, jotka näyttävät kumpuavan kansallislaulugenrestä; tutkimusaineistoni metallilyriikoilla ja Maamme-laululla on yllättävän paljon yhteistä. >> Keywords: black metal, discourse, Finland, representation, articulation, national identity, the narrative of the nation, metal lyrics Permanent link \| Save citation: RTF PDF LaTeX \| Export record: BibTeX Endnote ISI RIS Atom XML MODS XML ODF XML Word XML
Kloeppel, M. Unveiling Extreme Metal Festival Producers: The Emergence of Narrative Identities (Grace Yan, Ed.). Master's thesis, University of Missouri-Columbia, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Department, Columbia, Missouri. Abstract: "Extreme Metal is a form of dark tourism and leisure activity whose artistic radicalism and underground scenes invoke intense debates from musicians as well as audiences. Traditional cultural studies have assumed that its disenfranchised and transgressive music expressions are an ideological resistance to increasing homogeneities of industrialized society. As such, considering the nature of festivals as a mechanism where culture is created and transmitted, the operations and promotions of Extreme Metal festivals are inevitably engaged in the wider cultural politics of Extreme Metal. The roles of festival producers thus must be emphasized, who act as powerful agents in engaging artists, developing audiences, arranging programs, and so forth. Indeed, no festivals can be simply described as improvised events – they are carefully programmed, planned, and constructed for audiences to hear and see. With this in mind, this study serves to explore the experiential predicament of these culturally embedded event producers. In particular, the identities of the festival producers compose the focus of investigation for this research. That is, considering the contested contexts that are at play in shaping the very existence of Extreme Metal, the producers are constantly acting as intermediaries between these contexts. The discursive practice by which they give meaning to their festival production practices, contain profound dissonance between 'what they imagine their selves to be' and 'what they actually are’ as related to their turbulent ‘referential world’ of Extreme Metal festival production. With this in mind, this study employs the theoretical framework of narrative identity in the examination of the ‘referential world’ by which identities are related. Narrative identity is considered as an approach to understand how people resolve themselves, life events, actions, and other forces in their life. Considering that a self, in narrative, is given meaning through the narrator’s relation of the self to their referential world, analyzing the narrative moments where conflicting contexts are at play provides a sensitization to the struggle of Extreme Metal cultural transgression within festival production. Specifically, it is learned how this tourism is considered ‘dark’. In doing so, three main research questions are asked: 1). How can we understand the festival producers’ identities as negotiated and emerged from the interview narratives? 2). In regards to the festival producers’ identities, what socio-cultural forces in relation to the apparatus of Extreme Metal are involved? 3). How do such findings illuminate the makings of tourism festivals at large?" (Source: ProQuest Dissertations Publishing) Keywords: Communication and the arts; Social sciences; Extreme metal; Festivals; Narrative identity; Narrative inquiry; Tourism; Cultural resources management; Sociology; Labor relations Permanent link \| Save citation: RTF PDF LaTeX \| Export record: BibTeX Endnote ISI RIS Atom XML MODS XML ODF XML Word XML
Baltazar, L. M. F. (2013). Are Heavy Metal Music Bands-Musicians, Managers of Their Own Music Business?: A Multiple Case Study: Portuguese vs. Finnish Bands (Anabela Dinis, Ed.). Doctoral thesis, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal. Abstract: "The Music Industry is a very complex world that embraces different and broad segments needing of academic exploration. The big majority of studies and/or academic approaches to this unique business world have been focusing greatly on the record labels side but have failed to address the role of those who make the music – the musicians/artists. This is exactly what the present study aimed to understand: What is the role of the musicians in the music business? Aren’t they one of the key elements, essential players, within the whole industry, if not the most important elements ever? The industry of music includes a large number of creative and wise musicians/bands behind one of the most discriminated music genres in the music history – Heavy Metal Music. However, diverse studies have demonstrated that Heavy Metal is recognized as a music genre that generates profit, with an increasing legion of fans all over the world hence, also considered popular music. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to understand how Heavy Metal Music bands and musicians succeed and how they manage to conciliate artistic creativity and commercial demands. By making a multiple case study analysis within two different settings – Portugal versus Finland – it will be shown that Heavy Metal bands / musicians possess business skills that allow them to manage and conduct both the artistic and business activities of their music business. In some of the cases, it will also be raised their entrepreneurial skills in innovating and finding new ways of reaching the audience and becoming more successful whilst doing what they love the most – making music and playing it live." (Source: ProQuest Dissertations Publishing) Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Social Sciences and Humanities). Keywords: Heavy Metal Music, Music Industry, Band Management, Entrepreneurship, Artistic Integrity Permanent link \| Save citation: RTF PDF LaTeX \| Export record: BibTeX Endnote ISI RIS Atom XML MODS XML ODF XML Word XML
Núñez, M. de la L. (2023). Las portadas de Yana Raymi como una expresión de neobarroco peruano: la resistencia gráfica de los guerreros wankas. UCOARTE. Revista De Teoría E Historia Del Arte, 12, 236–260. Keywords: Yana Raymi (band); Perú; Neobaroque; Aesthetics; Cover Art Permanent link \| Save citation: RTF PDF LaTeX \| Export record: BibTeX Endnote ISI RIS Atom XML MODS XML ODF XML Word XML
Burns, L. (2020). Intersections of Gender, Race, and Genre: Cammie Gilbert and Black Female Subjectivity in Metal Music. American Music Perspectives, 1(2), 98–118. Keywords: Oppression; Race; Gender; Oceans of Slumber (band); Cammie Gilbert (artist) Permanent link \| Save citation: RTF PDF LaTeX \| Export record: BibTeX Endnote ISI RIS Atom XML MODS XML ODF XML Word XML

Kotila, S. (2012). Frost, Blood and a Thousand Lakes: Representing Finnishness in Metal Lyrics (T.(S.) Mäntymäki, Ed.). Master's thesis, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://osuva.uwasa.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/2056/osuva_5024.pdf?sequence=1

Abstract: << Tutkielmassani selvitän, millaisena suomalaisuus artikuloituu viime vuosien kansainväliselle yleisölle suunnatussa, englanninkielisessä metallilyriikassa. Tutkielmani pohjaa teoreettisesti ajatukselle, että kansallista kulttuuria ja identiteettiä rakennetaan ja tuotetaan diskursiivisesti. Benedict Anderson luonnehtii valtiota kielen avulla kuviteltuna ja määriteltynä yhteisönä. Kansallinen diskurssi tuottaa yhteisöllisyyttä, se määrittelee ”meidät” erityislaatuisina. Kansallisvaltio on käsitteenä historiallisesti suhteellisen uusi, ja jokainen kansakunta on kulttuurisesti hybridi. Silti diskurssin avulla kansakunnasta luodaan representaatio, joka esittää sen olleen olemassa jo määrittelemättömän kauan, ja joka esittää sen olevan kulttuurisesti homogeeninen.
Stuart Hallin teorioima ”kansallinen narratiivi” on metafora, joka asettaa kaikki tiettyä kansallisuutta kuvaavat esitykset yhteyteen. Niistä syntyy kansallinen kertomus, jossa painottuvat usein toistetut kansallisuutta kuvaavat elementit, viitteet ja symboliikka. Mitä enemmän jotain kuvausta toistetaan, sitä itsestään selvempänä se alkaa näyttäytyä, ja sitä vaikeampi se on haastaa, vaikka se ei vastaisikaan totuutta. Tässä piilee diskursiivisuuden voima. Kansalliseen keskusteluun osallistuvat saattavat toistaa vallalla olevia käsityksiä jopa tiedostamattaan.
Tutkimusaineistossani suomalaisuuden elementit; symbolit ja erilaiset viittaukset artikuloituvat metallilyriikan aineksiksi. Kontekstualisointi on keskeisin tekniikkani analysoidessani lyriikoita, tästä syystä myös Deena Weinsteinin teoria metallidiskurssista on oleellinen osa teoriapohjaani. Jotkin viittaukset paljastavat monitahoisen merkityksensä vain, kun ne luetaan asetettuna metallidiskurssin ja kansallisen diskurssin leikkauskenttään. Aineistokseni olen valinnut seitsemän laulun lyriikat, joista jokainen lähestyy suomalaisuutta hieman eri näkökulmasta ja eri painotuksin. Jokainen laululyriikoista muodostaa omanlaisensa kuvan suomalaisuudesta.
Pohdin tutkielmassani lyriikoiden ”kertojien” positioitumista suhteessa suomalaisuuteen. Lyriikoiden suomalaisuus artikuloituu suhteessa toisiin kansallisuuksiin, mutta myös suhteessa valtion sisäiseen dynamiikkaan. Tärkeitä viitekehyksiä ovat kansallisessa diskurssissa keskeiset ja myös perinteiset: kansakunnan näkeminen perheenomaisena, valtion näkeminen kotina, kansallinen luonto ja kansallismaisema, mentaliteetti, sekä poliittinen historia. Lopuksi pohdin vaikutteita, jotka näyttävät kumpuavan kansallislaulugenrestä; tutkimusaineistoni metallilyriikoilla ja Maamme-laululla on yllättävän paljon yhteistä. >>

Keywords: black metal, discourse, Finland, representation, articulation, national identity, the narrative of the nation, metal lyrics

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Kloeppel, M. Unveiling Extreme Metal Festival Producers: The Emergence of Narrative Identities (Grace Yan, Ed.). Master's thesis, University of Missouri-Columbia, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Department, Columbia, Missouri.

Abstract: "Extreme Metal is a form of dark tourism and leisure activity whose artistic radicalism and underground scenes invoke intense debates from musicians as well as audiences. Traditional cultural studies have assumed that its disenfranchised and transgressive music expressions are an ideological resistance to increasing homogeneities of industrialized society. As such, considering the nature of festivals as a mechanism where culture is created and transmitted, the operations and promotions of Extreme Metal festivals are inevitably engaged in the wider cultural politics of Extreme Metal. The roles of festival producers thus must be emphasized, who act as powerful agents in engaging artists, developing audiences, arranging programs, and so forth. Indeed, no festivals can be simply described as improvised events – they are carefully programmed, planned, and constructed for audiences to hear and see. With this in mind, this study serves to explore the experiential predicament of these culturally embedded event producers.
In particular, the identities of the festival producers compose the focus of investigation for this research. That is, considering the contested contexts that are at play in shaping the very existence of Extreme Metal, the producers are constantly acting as intermediaries between these contexts. The discursive practice by which they give meaning to their festival production practices, contain profound dissonance between 'what they imagine their selves to be' and 'what they actually are’ as related to their turbulent ‘referential world’ of Extreme Metal festival production.
With this in mind, this study employs the theoretical framework of narrative identity in the examination of the ‘referential world’ by which identities are related. Narrative identity is considered as an approach to understand how people resolve themselves, life events, actions, and other forces in their life. Considering that a self, in narrative, is given meaning through the narrator’s relation of the self to their referential world, analyzing the narrative moments where conflicting contexts are at play provides a sensitization to the struggle of Extreme Metal cultural transgression within festival production. Specifically, it is learned how this tourism is considered ‘dark’. In doing so, three main research questions are asked: 1). How can we understand the festival producers’ identities as negotiated and emerged from the interview narratives? 2). In regards to the festival producers’ identities, what socio-cultural forces in relation to the apparatus of Extreme Metal are involved? 3). How do such findings illuminate the makings of tourism festivals at large?"
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Keywords: Communication and the arts; Social sciences; Extreme metal; Festivals; Narrative identity; Narrative inquiry; Tourism; Cultural resources management; Sociology; Labor relations

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Baltazar, L. M. F. (2013). Are Heavy Metal Music Bands-Musicians, Managers of Their Own Music Business?: A Multiple Case Study: Portuguese vs. Finnish Bands (Anabela Dinis, Ed.). Doctoral thesis, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.

Abstract: "The Music Industry is a very complex world that embraces different and broad segments needing of academic exploration. The big majority of studies and/or academic approaches to this unique business world have been focusing greatly on the record labels side but have failed to address the role of those who make the music – the musicians/artists. This is exactly what the present study aimed to understand: What is the role of the musicians in the music business? Aren’t they one of the key elements, essential players, within the whole industry, if not the most important elements ever?
The industry of music includes a large number of creative and wise musicians/bands behind one of the most discriminated music genres in the music history – Heavy Metal Music. However, diverse studies have demonstrated that Heavy Metal is recognized as a music genre that generates profit, with an increasing legion of fans all over the world hence, also considered popular music. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to understand how Heavy Metal Music bands and musicians succeed and how they manage to conciliate artistic creativity and commercial demands. By making a multiple case study analysis within two different settings – Portugal versus Finland – it will be shown that Heavy Metal bands / musicians possess business skills that allow them to manage and conduct both the artistic and business activities of their music business. In some of the cases, it will also be raised their entrepreneurial skills in innovating and finding new ways of reaching the audience and becoming more successful whilst doing what they love the most – making music and playing it live."
(Source: ProQuest Dissertations Publishing)
Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Social Sciences and Humanities).

Keywords: Heavy Metal Music, Music Industry, Band Management, Entrepreneurship, Artistic Integrity

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Núñez, M. de la L. (2023). Las portadas de Yana Raymi como una expresión de neobarroco peruano: la resistencia gráfica de los guerreros wankas. UCOARTE. Revista De Teoría E Historia Del Arte, 12, 236–260.

Burns, L. (2020). Intersections of Gender, Race, and Genre: Cammie Gilbert and Black Female Subjectivity in Metal Music. American Music Perspectives, 1(2), 98–118.