Arenas of the Imagination

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PART 1 INTRODUCTION: THE GLOBAL CONQUEST OF AN OUTCAST GENRE
4. Affective Overdrive, Scene Dynamics, and Identity in the Global Metal Scene 3
5. The Globalization of Metal 34
6. PART 2 METAL, GENDER, MODERNITY
7. “A Dream Return to Tang Dynasty” 63
8. Unleashed in the East 86
9. PART 3 METAL AND THE NATION
10. Electronic and Affective Overdrive 109
11. Otherwise National 135
12. PART 4 METAL AND EXTREMIST IDEOLOGIES
13. The Marketing of Anglo-Identity in the North American Hatecore Metal Industry 161
14. Musical Style, Ideology, and Mythology in Norwegian Black Metal 180
15. “You Are from Israel and That Is Enough to Hate You Forever” 200
16. PART 5 METAL AND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
17. Arenas of the Imagination 227
18. Thunder in the Far East 247
19. PART 6 SMALL NATION/SMALL SCENE CASE STUDIES
20. Metal in a Micro Island State 271
21. Noisy Crossroads 294
22. Nako 313
23. AFTERWORD 333
24. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 337
25. WORKS CITED 339
26. CONTRIBUTORS 367
27. INDEX 371