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| Author | Miller, Diana | ||||
| Title | Creative Producers and Gender Relations: A Field Analysis of Two Grassroots Music Scenes | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 205 | ||
| Keywords | Cultural and symbolic capital; Cultural valuation; Gender and creative careers; Gender and habitus; Gender and organizations; Gender studies; Fields of cultural production; Heavy metal; Sociology | ||||
| Abstract | This dissertation uses a comparative case study of two grassroots music scenes—the folk music and heavy metal scenes in Toronto—to examine gender relations among cultural producers. I collect data using semi-structured interviews with 63 field actors, 70 instances of participant-observation, and discourse analysis of key public texts. Building on Bourdieu’s field theory, I argue that gender organizes fields of cultural production, including (1) the field’s economy of symbolic capital (2) the connection between field and habitus and (3) the spaces where musicians develop the embodied cultural capital required for music careers. The first paper shows that field organization impacts the extent to which field members’ gendered dispositions produce symbolic capital, or reputation. Two features of cultural fields shape whether symbolic capital is gendered: the degree to which symbolic capital is institutionalized, and the level of symbolic boundary-drawing in the field. The metal field’s low institutionalization of symbolic capital and high boundaries foreground gender as a basis of symbolic capital, while the folk field’s high institutionalization of symbolic capital and low boundary-drawing reduce the extent to which gender matters. The second paper situates gender as central to relationship between field and habitus. Participants in the metal field develop a metalhead habitus that privileges gendered practices centered on individual dominance and status competition, while the folkie habitus encourages gendered practices centered on caring, emotionality, and community-building. These gendered habitus support different working conventions: volunteer-based non-profit organizations in folk, and individual entrepreneurship in metal. The gendered habitus also supports different stylistic conventions: guitar virtuosity in the metal field, and participatory music-making in folk. The third paper finds gendered access to the learning spaces where musicians develop performance capital, a form of embodied cultural capital denoting the instrumental and interpersonal skills required to perform music. Folk’s learning spaces are largely public and do not require social networks for access, while heavy metal’s learning spaces are private and centered on male-dominated friendship networks from which women are often excluded. These different learning spaces creates gendered patterns of access to the embodied cultural capital required to develop a music career. |
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| Corporate Author | Thesis | Ph.D. thesis | |||
| Publisher | University of Toronto (Canada) | Place of Publication | Ann Arbor | Editor | |
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| ISSN | ISBN | 978-1-369-67340-1 | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | INTech @ brianhickam2019 @ | Serial | 2215 | ||
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| Author | Callaway, Charles | ||||
| Title | I See The Horse | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 490 | ||
| Keywords | Communication and the arts; Creative writing; Fantasy literature; Fiction; Heavy metal | ||||
| Abstract | I See the Horse is a fantasy novel that follows the adventures of Komar Voorhexees of Port Karpricius during a time of civil war within The Ten Kingdoms of the Enlibar Empire. The primary focus or super objective of the novel centers on the pursuit of a religious artifact, The Tear of Vashanka, and the delivery of documents important to the war cause. The novel follows story telling lessons from Twain, Vonnegut, Robert Mckee, and Orson Scott Card. The novel also mixes elements from canonical masters such as Homer, Shakespeare, and Joyce with genre-champions such as J.R.R. Tolkien, R.E. Howard, and G.R.R. Martin, as well as components of heavy metal music. The result lies squarely between the subgenres of Sword and Sorcery and High (Epic) Fantasy. The first six chapters fit into the Sword and Sorcery category; whereas, the second dives into Epic Fantasy as the protagonist slowly becomes part of the bigger milieu. The novel was created to have an original, gritty, realistic world with an American feel and flavor and a fantasy city drenched in the culture of the American South. To create a fantasy novel with an American feel was the projects initial purpose and drive. This is accomplished by drawing heavily upon the author’s life and experience. |
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| Corporate Author | Thesis | Master's thesis | |||
| Publisher | University of Central Oklahoma | Place of Publication | Ann Arbor | Editor | |
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| ISSN | ISBN | 978-1-369-45252-5 | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | INTech @ brianhickam2019 @ | Serial | 2216 | ||
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| Author | Triplett, Andrew G. | ||||
| Title | Music and aggression: Effects of lyrics and background music on aggressive behavior | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 57 | ||
| Keywords | Aggression; Aggressive behavior; Heavy metal; Lyrics; Music; Psychology | ||||
| Abstract | Given the ever-growing popularity of music in daily life, it is of the utmost importance to understand how it influences affect, cognition, and behavior, especially given the violence of certain genres of music. The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between music and behavior, specifically to examine how the lyrics and background music interact to influence affective hostility and aggressive behavior. Data were collected from a sample of 168 students (61% Female; MAge = 19.24, SD = 2.470) at a large, private, Midwestern university to investigate this relationship. The music was manipulated by randomly assigning the participant to listen to one of four versions of a song. These versions included the match of either antisocial or prosocial lyrics with heavy metal or calm background music. Although there was no significant main effect of the lyrical content on participant’s aggressive behavior as hypothesized, there was a significant main effect of the lyrical content on an individual’s level of affective hostility F(4,159) = 8.818, p < .001, η 2</super> = .186. Specifically, pairwise comparisons showed antisocial lyrics resulted in a higher level of hostility as compared to the prosocial lyrics. This pattern suggests that music influences an individual’s affective hostility, but counter to previous research, music does not necessarily alter aggressive behavior. The relationship between music and aggression requires further investigation in order to determine whether music does in fact influence behavior, including potential moderators of this relationship. |
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| Corporate Author | Thesis | Master's thesis | |||
| Publisher | Loyola University Chicago | Place of Publication | Ann Arbor | Editor | |
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| ISSN | ISBN | 978-1-369-27199-7 | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | INTech @ brianhickam2019 @ | Serial | 2217 | ||
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| Author | Watts, Chelsea Anne | ||||
| Title | Nothin' But a Good Time: Hair Metal, Conservatism and the End of the Cold War in the 1980s | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 232 | ||
| Keywords | Communication and the arts; Free market capitalism; Gender studies; Glam metal; Masculinity; Popular culture; Reagan era; Rock and roll; United States history | ||||
| Abstract | This dissertation offers a cultural history of the 1980s through an examination of one of the decade’s most memorable cultural forms—hair metal. The notion that hair metal musicians, and subsequently their fans, wanted “nothin’ but a good time,” shaped popular perceptions of the genre as shallow, hedonistic, and apolitical. Set against the backdrop of Reagan’s election and the rise of conservatism throughout the decade, hair metal’s transgressive nature embodied in the performers’ apparent obsession with partying and their absolute refusal to adopt the traditional values and trappings of “yuppies” or middle-class Americans, certainly appeared to be a strong reaction against conservatism; however, a closer examination of hair metal as a cultural form reveals a conservative subtext looming beneath the genre’s transgressive façade. In its embrace of traditional gender roles, free market capitalism, and American exceptionalism, hair metal upheld and worked to re-inscribe the key tenants of conservative ideology. Historians have only recently turned an analytical eye toward the 1980s and by and large their analyses have focused on the political and economic changes wrought by the Reagan Revolution that competed America’s conservative turn over the course of the decade. This study adds to historical understandings of the decade’s political history by telling us how non-political actors—musicians, producers, critics, and fans—shaped and were shaped by the currents of formal politics. Though heavy metal music and the rise of conservatism seem to share little common ground, by putting these two seemingly disparate historiographies into conversation with one another, we gain a clearer picture of the breadth and depth of conservatism’s reach in the 1980s. |
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| Corporate Author | Thesis | Ph.D. thesis | |||
| Publisher | University of South Florida | Place of Publication | Ann Arbor | Editor | |
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| ISSN | ISBN | 978-1-369-42831-5 | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | INTech @ brianhickam2019 @ | Serial | 2218 | ||
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| Author | Calandra, Nicole | ||||
| Title | Metal health: Measuring depression and anxiety within the heavy metal community | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 41 | ||
| Keywords | Anxiety; Depression; Heavy Metal; Mental Health; Mental illness; Music; Psychology; Rock Music | ||||
| Abstract | Heavy metal has a long and controversial history. One of the many things it has been blamed for is causing mental illness among its listeners. However, is the music to be blamed or are there other factors coming into play? Numerous studies have been done on various aspects of heavy metal such as its link to violence, but few have been done on mental health within the community. This paper replicated a French study examining levels of depression and anxiety within the community. Forty three participants, all active metal listeners, completed a survey examining various factors such as employment status and education levels, and completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Like the French study, it found that participants had generally low levels of depression and anxiety, but high levels were linked to outside factors. Hopefully, this will help open the floor for more valuable research on the community. | ||||
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| Corporate Author | Thesis | Master's thesis | |||
| Publisher | Long Island University, The Brooklyn Center. | Place of Publication | Ann Arbor | Editor | |
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| ISSN | ISBN | 978-1-369-35554-3 | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | INTech @ brianhickam2019 @ | Serial | 2219 | ||
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| Author | McDowell, Michael A., II | ||||
| Title | Heavy South: Identity, Performance, and Heavy Music in the Southern Metal Scene | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 80 | ||
| Keywords | American south; American studies; Communication and the arts; Film studies; Heavy metal; Musicology; Popular music; Subculture | ||||
| Abstract | The Southern Metal scene depends heavily on the performance of a Southern Identity. While considerable research has been done on other musical genres and scenes from the American South (country music, blues, gospel music), less attention has been given to the extreme metal scene of Southern Metal. Using scholarship of Nadine Hubbs, Philip Auslander, Jefferey C. Alexander, and Keith Kahn Harris, among others, I analyze two films, Slow Southern Steel (2010) and NOLA: Life, Death, and Heavy Blues from the Bayou (2014), and one song, Down’s “Eyes of the South” as cultural productions of this Southern Metal scene. In this project, I define the musical elements and scene ethos of Southern Metal as they relate to a wider, more mainstream American audience and describe how these identities and cultural forms are produced, negotiated, and embodied. | ||||
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| Corporate Author | Thesis | Master's thesis | |||
| Publisher | University of South Florida | Place of Publication | Ann Arbor | Editor | |
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| ISSN | ISBN | 978-1-369-00899-9 | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | INTech @ brianhickam2019 @ | Serial | 2220 | ||
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| Author | Hereld, Diana Christine | ||||
| Title | Musical Intensity in Affect Regulation: Uncovering Hope and Resilience Through Heavy Music | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 141 | ||
| Keywords | Communication and the arts; Clinical psychology; Emotion regulation; Heavy metal; Heavy music; Plasticity; Resilience; Self-destructive behavior | ||||
| Abstract | This thesis discusses the nature of music’s impact on identity, subjectivity, and the self. To better understand music’s role in promoting hope and resilience, I pinpoint how heavy, intense, and highly emotive music applied over distinct listening practices impacts the regulation of affect and self-destructive impulses in individuals who suffer from trauma, mental illness, or self-destructive behavior. This research also investigates the characteristic of intensity often found in heavy music that seems (despite intuition) to ease negative or painful emotions, circumvent impulses to self-harm, and propel one to positive action. Of particular interest to this project are the ways both heavy and non-genre specific music listeners use various listening strategies in the regulation and modulation of negative affect and emotion. Specifically highlighted are the three strategies defined by Saarikallio (2008) in the Music in Mood Regulation (MMR) scale of using music to cope with negative mood states: Diversion, where music is used to distract from negative thoughts and feelings, Solace, where music is used for comfort, acceptance, and understanding when feeling sad or troubled, and Discharge, where anger or sadness are released through music. Through review and analysis of existing literature, qualitative research, and in-depth case studies, this thesis illuminates the ways musically-afforded emotion-regulation strategies allow subjects to meet, shape, and transform their difficult experiences by establishing hope and resilience that strengthens one’s ontological security and sense of self. |
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| Corporate Author | Thesis | Master's thesis | |||
| Publisher | University of California, San Diego | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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| ISSN | ISBN | 978-1-339-93488-4 | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | INTech @ brianhickam2019 @ | Serial | 2221 | ||
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| Author | Miller, Michael Brian | ||||
| Title | Nicodemus! The beds are burning again: The ascension of Gorgomath | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 163 | ||
| Keywords | Communication and the arts; Chamber; Concerto; Heavy metal; Musical composition; Narrative; Orchestra; Piano | ||||
| Abstract | Nicodemus! The Beds are Burning Again: The Ascension of Gorgomath is a 22-minute concerto for piano and chamber orchestra that explores the use of narrative as a means of unifying disparate musical languages into a cohesive single-movement structure. The narrative, as implied by the fourteen programmatic indicators within the score, features a protagonist, Nicodemus, and an antagonist, Gorgomath. Additional contrasting elements essential to the plot are: the burning beds, outer space, the ultimate weapon, and the three rituals. The programmatic indicators, to be listed in the program, function as a framework from which the listener can fabricate their own version of the story. The narrative begins with “The beds are burning,” a heavy-metal inspired musical theme characterized by a pervasive rhythmic structure interspersed with virtuosic piano displays. Full orchestral forces add to the intensity of a relentless motor rhythm heard first in the piano. Following “Ritual I,” a transitionary theme of soli strings and piano, Nicodemus’s theme develops, a musical antithesis to “The Burning Beds” theme. It employs a simple melodic loop over a basic four-chord harmonic structure, reminiscent of 8-bit video game themes, and is voiced as piano accompanied by tremolo in the woodwinds and strings. Nicodemus’s journey into space begins with a rapid deceleration in tempo. The following slow ternary form includes a funerary dirge bookended by the piece’s most lyrical piano writing, expressed by the rise and fall of melodic octaves. The pounding neo-Shostakovian strings of “Ritual II” transition directly into the development section, “Nicodemus seeks the ultimate weapon.” Nicodemus’s theme undergoes significant transformation, assuming the guise of stride piano and North Indian tabla music. These styles are unique to this section, as is their orchestration of high, sustained winds alternating with orchestral hits between low strings and percussion. The piece’s recapitulation, “Meanwhile…,” begins with a return of the burning beds. Here, “Gorgomath’s Theme,” identifiable by the instability of its 7/16 motor rhythm is briefly foreshadowed. It appears in its entirety in the coda, “Boss Battle.” The resulting work uses original narrative to blend polystylistic elements into a cohesive single movement structure with a dramatic musical arc. |
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| Corporate Author | Thesis | Doctoral thesis | |||
| Publisher | University of Missouri - Kansas City | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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| ISSN | ISBN | 978-1-339-70801-0 | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | INTech @ brianhickam2019 @ | Serial | 2222 | ||
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| Author | Carter, Molly | ||||
| Title | Perchten and krampusse: living mask traditions in austria and bavaria | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
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| Keywords | Austria; Authenticity; Bavaria; Cultural heritage; Folklore; Heavy metal; Krampus; Masks; Perchten; Traditions | ||||
| Abstract | Two centuries-old mask traditions native to Austria and Bavaria enjoy ongoing popularity due to a creative mingling of old and new elements (heavy metal music and fireworks alongside hand-carved wooden masks and birch rod switches). The Krampus is the menacing companion of St. Nikolaus, who visits children on December 5 and 6, although nowadays groups of Krampusse may appear alone. The Perchten, who are associated with the magical female folk-figure Perchta, appear on January 5 and the week before. While the Perchten and Krampusse represent distinct traditions, their history has intersected at various points, and their contemporary manifestations share many elements, including a movement towards a “modern” aesthetic and the employment of such resources as tourist publicity and the internet to promote their appearances, educate the public, and network with each other. While the house visit was formerly the primary setting for these masked figures (or mummers), today it is the public parade. These parades, while rooted in and resembling conventional display-custom performances marked by a static division between performer and spectator, actually consist of a kind of fluid, interactive ritual theater in which the partially improvised, partially scripted performances of masked figures and the responses of spectators shape one another. Contemporary manifestations of Perchten and Krampus traditions will be explored in light of the ongoing cultural dialogue between performers and non-performers who seek to define and interpret the tradition, and the interplay of academic and popular discourses surrounding invented tradition, Folklorismus (folklorism) and Rücklauf (feedback), and the nature of authenticity. Questions of cultural heritage “ownership” surface in the debates over form and meaning, while in the hands of the Perchten and Krampusse themselves, tradition emerges as an active process and collaborative artwork rather than a fixed commodity with boundaries which can be defined and navigated by outside observers. |
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| Corporate Author | Thesis | Ph.D. thesis | |||
| Publisher | University of Sheffield (United Kingdom) | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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| Call Number | INTech @ brianhickam2019 @ | Serial | 2223 | ||
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| Author | Vaughn, Erin M. | ||||
| Title | Harmonic resources in 1980s hard rock and heavy metal music | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2015 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 94 | ||
| Keywords | Communication and the arts; Guns N' Roses; Hard rock; Harmony; Heavy metal; Malmsteen, Yngwie; Metallica; Music theory | ||||
| Abstract | The first objective of this work was to review the existing literature relating to popular music analysis to determine if standards of harmonic practice within hard rock and heavy metal music have been considered and established. This led to the review of the analytical methods of Guy Capuzzo, Christopher Doll, Walter Everett, Allen Moore, and Ken Stephenson. For the needs of this study, Everett's work (and to a lesser degree, Stephenson's work) is primary as it best summarizes the harmonic schemes used in the pieces analyzed. Three songs were selected within different subgenres of hard rock and heavy metal: thrash metal (Metallica, “Master of Puppets”), neo-classical metal (Yngwie Malmsteen, “Far Beyond the Sun”), and commercial hard rock (Guns-N-Roses, “Welcome to the Jungle”). These pieces were analyzed extensively to understand the primary harmonic resources that are at work in each. Additionally, the three pieces were compared with regard to their formal elements, melodic materials, texture, and dynamics to draw conclusions about what similarities they share and also how they differ. Depending on the piece and the section under consideration, these three examples exhibited a reliance on modal structures, blues-based materials, and common-practice influences. |
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| Corporate Author | Thesis | Master's thesis | |||
| Publisher | Kent State University | Place of Publication | Ann Arbor | Editor | |
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| ISSN | ISBN | 978-1-339-41655-7 | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | INTech @ brianhickam2019 @ | Serial | 2224 | ||
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