Multilingual metal music : sociocultural, linguistic and literary perspectives on heavy metal lyrics / edited by Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi (University College London, UK and Uppsala University, Sweden), Charlotte Doesburg and Amanda DiGioia.

Includes index.

Part I: Texts and intertextuality -- Chapter 1: Yiddish metal as a manifestation of postvernacularity -- Chapter 2: Baudelaire and black metal: performing poetry under Perestroika -- Part II: National, cultural and minority identity -- Chapter 3: Større enn tid, tyngre enn natt the interplay of language and cultural identity in the lyrics of Norwegian metal bands -- Chapter 4: Spanish and non-Spanish perspectives on El Cid in heavy metal: identity vindication, cultural appropriation and Islamophobia -- Chapter 5: At the crossroads of Nordic traditions and languages: the representation of the Swedish-speaking Finn community in Finnish heavy metal -- Part III: Processing oppression, war, and bereavement -- Chapter 6: Poetic analysis of the anti-war song Muerte en Mostar by the spanish heavy metal band desafio -- Chapter 7: Vocalizing a troubled past: a case study of political activism in Taiwanese metal -- Chapter 8: Til Opalsøens Dyb 'To the depths of Opal Lake': on bereavement, locality, and intimacy in Danish black metal lyrics by Orm -- Part IV: Local, global, authentic, and funny -- Chapter 9: I Custodi dell'Accaio Inox: language as an interface between the global and the local in Italian 'heavy metal demenziale' -- Chapter 10: The paradoxical usage of Austrian dialects of German in metal music -- Chapter 11: Delusions of grandeur? producing authentic metal music in the Soviet Union -- Chapter 12: Is kawaii metal? Exploring aidoru/metal fusion through the lyrics of babymetal -- Part V: Ancient languages and mythology -- Chapter 13: Nata vimpi curmi da: dead languages and primordial nationalisms in folk metal music -- Chapter 14: Verba Bestiae: how Latin conquered heavy metal -- Chapter 15: Local folk tales, legends, and slavic mythology in Slovenian heavy metal lyrics: a quantitative analysis -- Index.

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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