“In a fragmentation and large-scale social crisis context, this volume takes up the debate between punk and metal and class belonging, showing us the interrelations between practices and their determination by social belongings. A vital feature of the book is the demonstration of the self-renewal of punk and metal. The irreverence, resistance, and personification of subaltern and paradoxical identities portrayed here represent a step forward “ —Paula Guerra, KISMIF Co-Convenor, University of Porto, Portugal
Early analysts of both punk and metal have shown their continuing popularity for segments of the public who were often considered in the 1970s and 1980s as “losers of globalization” despite the level of fragmentation of these scenes, the diversity of their audiences’ backgrounds, and their constant evolution and re-invention. This volume aims to stimulate and contribute to debates on the social class and economic and cultural change, through both international contemporary and historical approaches, mainly focused on Britain and France.
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This is a sound contribution to the study of popular music, and it will soon find its place in the bibliographies of numerous books and articles in that field. The variety of approaches (from sociology to cultural studies) and the diverse contexts present in this collection (from Northern Ireland to Australia) will no doubt make this volume indispensable to numerous scholars working in various fields. (Eric DOUMERC, E-rea, erea.revues.org, Vol. 22 (2), 2025)
1.Romain Garbaye and Gérôme Guibert, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.-
Introduction : social class, punk and metalClass domination and class
agency.- 2.Andy Brown, independent researcher : Resistance Through Music.-
Exploring the role of class fraction appropriations and alliances in the
subcultural formation of heavy metal, classic, post and present.- _3 .Deirdre
Gilfedder, Universite Paris-Dauphine : The early punk scene in Brisbane,
Australia as site of social and postcolonial.-
4. Jeremy Tranmer, Université
de Lorraine: Victory to the Miners! Punk and the Miners Strike of
1984/85.- Subcultures, sub-genres and social class.- 5.Timothy Heron,
Université de Strasbourg : Rotting in the suburbs ? Voicing Working-Class
Deprivation in 1970s Northern Ireland Punk Songs.- 6.Guillaume Clément,
Université de Rennes : Working-class and middle-class in the age of Brexit:
social commentary by contemporary post-punk bands.- 7. Eric
Smialek, Huddersfield University : Mapping Social-Class Divisions within
Metal: Global Material Conditions, Disciplinary Priorities, Subgeneric
Trends, and Stylistic Analyses.- Evolving audiences : ageing, gentrification,
feminization?.- 8. Pierig Humeau, Universite de Limoges : « We're dominated,
So What" ? We Don't Give a F**k : Punk Stylistic Spaces, Social Classes and
Political-artistic Ageing" inFrance.- 9.Rosemary Lucy Hill, Huddersfield
University, Molly Megson, University of Hull, and David Hesmondhalgh,
University of Leeds : Sexual Violence in the Pit.-
10. Corentin Charbonnier,
Universite de Tours : Gentrifying metal ? The Evolving Gender and Social
Class characteristics of Metal Festival Audiences : A Statistical Study of
the HellfestFestival (France).- 11.Charlene Benard, Université Sorbonne
Nouvelle: Who listens to « metal for girls » ? Metal, orchestra and female
voices: measuring the reception of symphonic metal.
Romain Garbaye is Professor of British Studies at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. His research focuses on the history of immigration and citizenship in the United Kingdom, as well as on the history of British rock music.
Gérôme Guibert is Professor of Sociology at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. He is a popular music studies scholar and an ISMMS (International Society for Metal Music Studies) board Member.
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