Subcultures, bodies and spaces : essays on alternativity and marginalization /

This edited collection provides sociological and cultural research that expands our understanding of the alternative, liminal or transgressive; theorizing the status of the alternative in contemporary culture and society.

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Other Authors: Holland, Samantha (Editor), Spracklen, Karl (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Emerald studies in alternativity and marginalization.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Note; References; Part I: Subcultures; Chapter 1: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Dressed in Street Fashions? Investigating Virtually Constructed Fashion Subcultures; Subcultures; Subcultures Online; Seapunk; Normcore; Health Goth; Subcultural Authenticity and Post-Authenticity; Subcultural Identity; Sartorially Subcultural; Summary; References; Chapter 2: Cursed is the Fruit of thy Womb: Inversion/Subversion and the Inscribing of Morality on Women's Bodies in Heavy Metal
  • Current Research on Women in MetalMethodology, Feminist Textual Criticism and the Choice of Texts for this Study; A Note on the Lyrics; Metal's Cultural Collusion with Mainstream Morality; Textual Analysis; Investigating Morality and Women's Bodies in Metal Lyrics: The Virgin, The Whore, The Mother; Cloven Hoof
  • 'Whore of Babylon'; Cradle of Filth
  • 'Lilith Immaculate'; Primordial
  • 'Lain with the Wolf'; Behemoth
  • 'Amen'; Ninnghizhidda
  • 'Rape (The Virgin Mary)'; On Cis-Gendering in this Chapter; Conclusion; References
  • Chapter 3: Japanophilia in Kuwait: How Far does International Culture Penetrate?The Meme CafĂ©; The Logic of Subculture in the Gulf; The Survey; Interests; Background; English Language Skills; National Identity; General Culture; What Makes it so Attractive?; Would you say that Japanese (or Korean) Culture Contrasts Very Much with Kuwaiti Culture?; How Much Personal Research Do Students Undertake to Learn about the History and Culture of Those Countries?; Did Your Interest in Japanese/Korean Culture Change Your Way of Seeing the World?; Does it Make You Different from other People in Society?
  • ConclusionReferences; Chapter 4: Torment[Her] (Misogyny as an Artistic Device): Alternative Perspectives on the Misogynist Aesthetic of W.A.S.P.'s 'The Rack'; Discourse Analysis; Introducing W.A.S.P.'s 'The Rack'; Methods; Part 1
  • Observational Analyses (A); Part 2
  • Observational Analyses (B); Part 3
  • W.A.S.P.'s Post '80s Marginalization, Some Developmental Insights; Conclusion; Dedication; References; Chapter 5: Reight Mardy Tykes: Northernness, Peaceville Three and Death/Doom Music World; Introduction; Methods; Peaceville Records and Punk Origins; Paradise Lost; My Dying Bride; Anathema
  • The Peaceville Three and English 'Northernness'Conclusion; References; Discography; Part II: Bodies; Chapter 6: Constructions of Regulation and SocialNorms of Tattooed Female Bodies; Femininities, Self-Surveillance and Embodiment: A Review of the Literature; The Methodological Approach; Negotiating Femininities; 'Right' and 'Wrong' Ways of Being Tattooed; Conclusions to be Drawn; References; Chapter 7: 'Heavily Tattooed and Beautiful?': Tattoo Collecting, Gender and Self-Expression; Introduction: Women in the Tattoo Subculture; Subcultures, Neo-Tribal Style and Women's Prominence in Tattooing