Multilingual Metal Music: Sociocultural, Linguistic and Literary Perspectives on Heavy Metal Lyrics

Multilingual Metal Music: Sociocultural, Linguistic and Literary Perspectives on Heavy Metal Lyrics
ISBN-10
1839099496
ISBN-13
9781839099496
Category
Music
Pages
388
Language
English
Published
2021-01-08
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Authors
Amanda DiGioia, Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi, Charlotte Doesburg

Description

This multi-disciplinary book explores the textual analysis of heavy metal lyrics written in languages other than English including Japanese, Yiddish, Latin, Russian, Hungarian, Austrian German, and Norwegian. Topics covered include national and minority identity, politics, wordplay, parody, local/global, intertextuality, and adaptation.

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