Damage Incorporated - Pillsbury, Glenn
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Exploring one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, "Damage Incorporated" presents an interdisciplinary study of a range of topics that intersect in the music and cultural influence of Metallica. Specifically focusing on identity in popular music as a set of performing conventions, Glenn Pillsbury explores Metallica's place as a constant impoetus within certain conventions of genre, race and gender. Engaging broadly with larger questions of the politics of culture, American history, musical analysis and the character of musical discourses in the context of commerce, "Damage…mehr

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Exploring one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, "Damage Incorporated" presents an interdisciplinary study of a range of topics that intersect in the music and cultural influence of Metallica. Specifically focusing on identity in popular music as a set of performing conventions, Glenn Pillsbury explores Metallica's place as a constant impoetus within certain conventions of genre, race and gender. Engaging broadly with larger questions of the politics of culture, American history, musical analysis and the character of musical discourses in the context of commerce, "Damage Incorporated" sets a new standard in the study of class, gender and race issues in popular music. For students of cultural studies, mass media and music, this will be essential reading.
"Damage Incorporated" is the first book about the legendary heavy metal band Metallica that provides a detailed exploration of the group's music and its place within the wider popular music landscape. Written with a broad readership in mind, it offers an interdisciplinary study that incorporates a range of topics which intersect with the band's music and cultural influence. For students of popular culture, mass media, and music, "Damage Incorporated" will be necessary reading, and sets a new standard for the study and exploration of metal within the field of popular music studies.
Autorenporträt
Glenn T. Pillsbury is a recent Ph.D. in Musicology from UCLA and a rising star in the field of popular music studies. He is the author of the "Metallica" chapter in the Encyclopedia Britannica, a founding member of the editorial board of the online music journal ECHO, and a regular presenter of papers at major scholarly meetings in music and the arts.