Vulgar discourses of power : the discursive construction of ideal heavy metal subjectivity and the erasure of black, indigenous, and women of colour in heavy metal music culture

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dc.contributor.advisor Takševa, Tatjana, 1970-
dc.creator Bona, Michelle
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-04T17:03:35Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-04T17:03:35Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.other ML3534 B66 2021
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/29514
dc.description 1 online resource (122 pages)
dc.description Includes abstract.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-122).
dc.description.abstract Heavy metal music culture has been a bastion of working-class white masculinity since its beginnings in the early 1970s. Through canonization and Historical documentation, white male dominance has been ensured, obscuring contributions made by white female performers and erasing black, Indigenous, and women of colour (BIWoC) from the genre. Utilizing feminist critical discourse analysis (feminist CDA) to examine texts by canonized male bands reveals the discursive parameters of ideal heavy metal subjectivity (IHMS). Exploration of texts created by white female performers, including a case study of Arch Enemy vocalist Alissa White-Gluz, isolates the necessity for white female performers to reproduce the discourses of IHMS in order to secure their participation in the culture, further contributing to the erasure of BIWoC performers. However, feminist CDA also reveals transformative potential within these texts to de-centre IHMS as the default subject position and shows white women's agency and resiliency as performers. en_CA
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dc.language.iso en en_CA
dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.subject.lcc ML3534
dc.subject.lcsh Heavy metal (Music) -- Social aspects
dc.subject.lcsh Women rock musicians
dc.subject.lcsh Music and race
dc.subject.lcsh Critical discourse analysis
dc.subject.lcsh Feminist criticism
dc.title Vulgar discourses of power : the discursive construction of ideal heavy metal subjectivity and the erasure of black, indigenous, and women of colour in heavy metal music culture en_CA
dc.type Text en_CA
thesis.degree.name Master of Arts in Women and Gender Studies
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline Women and Gender Studies
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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