Pierre Hecker

Turkish Metal (eBook, ePUB)

Music, Meaning, and Morality in a Muslim Society

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Turkish Metal uncovers the emergence, evolution, and especially the social implications of this controversial musical genre in a Muslim society. Above all, the book investigates the Turkish metal scene's potential for contesting Islamic concepts of morality, its relevance within the field of female emancipation, and its capacity to foster social relations that cut across national, religious and ethnic boundaries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317005919
• Artikelnr.: 44782659

Autorenporträt

Pierre Hecker is a lecturer at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Marburg, Germany. He holds a doctorate in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies and is the author of numerous articles on heavy metal in the Middle East.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Closing in...
Turkish metal
Children of Satan
Media manipulations
Towards the extreme
Metal and gender
Metal matters
Appendix
Discography
Bibliography
Index.