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Sara Sams
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Just finished Elovaara's chapter on folk & metal and am interested in the role that a native language plays, but for local and international audiences.
I think that lyrics def aren't "the whole point" but they're still a very important one; I'm also interested in how much translation listeners to after entering a song they like.
— Jan 14, 2019 09:52AM
I think that lyrics def aren't "the whole point" but they're still a very important one; I'm also interested in how much translation listeners to after entering a song they like.
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Sara Sams
is on page 102 of 250
"Domination is dialectical; after all, no one is completely without power, just as no one is ever free from victimization. ...Metal is... deeply concerned with the ethics of power and its legitimate use" (102).
Esther Clinton & Jeremy Wallach
— Feb 18, 2019 07:48AM
Esther Clinton & Jeremy Wallach
Sara Sams
is on page 99 of 250
from "Diversity in Metal Politics": "'I'm sure they know well we are not the devil sons and they know that metal is Resistance against any corruption, that's why they are against metal culture' [Egyptian interviewee]. The quotation ... puts it in a nutshell. He claims that the power bloc knows that Metal is not a satanic practice and that they are much more afraid of the subversive potential it contains" (94).
— Feb 06, 2019 09:50AM
Sara Sams
is on page 77 of 250
"It is a potential medium to examine the expectations of local cultures, challenge them, and even transgress them. As part of the global Metal community, the Latin American and Carribbean women's transgression of gender expectations through their participation in Metal culture suggests a new type of empowerment in the global efforts toward gender equity" (77). --Varas-Díaz, Mendoza, Rivera, & Gonzalez
— Feb 01, 2019 09:35AM
