Gender inequality in metal music production /
Pauwke Berkers, Julian Schaap.
- United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, 2018.
- 1 online resource.
- Emerald studies in metal music and culture .
- Emerald studies in metal music and culture. .
Introduction: Gender Inequality in Metal Music Production1. Winds of Change? Longitudinal trends and cross-national differences; (co-authored with Frank Weij) -- 2. 'Female-Fronted Metal': Gender Differences and (Sub)Genres -- 3. All Vocals, Few Chords: Gender Differences in Instrumentation -- 4. Wielding the Double-Edged Sword: Gender Differences in Artistic Careers -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Quantitative Data - The Metal Archives -- Appendix 2: Qualitative Data - Interviews with Metal Musicians
In metal, it seems that women are nowhere but gender is everywhere. This title offers a sociological analysis of metal music's historical and global gender imbalance to investigate investigates why this genre such an impenetrable fortress for female musicians and how it could change. For over four decades, scholars have been investigating male dominance - both symbolically and numerically -within popular music. The heavier genres of popular music, metal music in particular, have been male dominated spaces, which are difficult to navigate for women participating as fans, musicians, or both. Studies on gender inequality in metal music have convincingly demonstrated how gender dynamics shape the reception of metal music and metal scenes all over the globe. Yet, they shed relatively little light on the extent of and reasons for metal music's male domination from a production perspective. This book fills this gap, offering is a systematic and large-scale overview of gender inequality in metal music production. In other words: how many women - compared to men - are participating in metal bands and what are the causes for the differences in participation?
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Heavy metal (Music) Women rock musicians. Women rock music fans. Music Music Gender studies: women & girls Popular music Popular culture Gender studies, gender groups "Metal, Heavy Metal"