Scary Monsters: Monstrosity, Masculinity and Popular Music by Dr. Mark Duffett (

Description: Scary Monsters by Dr. Mark Duffett, Professor Jon Hackett, Jon Hackett "Through a series of case studies, Scary Monsters examines masculinity in popular music culture from the perspective of research into monstrosity"-- FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Popular music and masculinity have rarely been examined through the lens of research into monstrosity. The discourses associated with rock and pop, however, actually include more monsters than might at first be imagined. Attention to such individuals and cultures can say things about the operation of genre and gender, myth and meaning. Indeed, monstrosity has recently become a growing focus of cultural theory. This is in part because monsters raise shared concerns about transgression, subjectivity, agency, and community. Attention to monstrosity evokes both the spectre of projection (which invokes familial trauma and psychoanalysis) and shared anxieties (that in turn reflect ideologies and beliefs). By pursuing a series of insightful case studies, Scary Monsters considers different aspects of the connection between music, gender and monstrosity. Its argument is that attention to monstrosity provides a unique perspective on the study of masculinity in popular music culture. Author Biography Mark Duffett is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Chester. He is known for the book Understanding Fandom (2013).Jon Hackett is Associate Professor in Film and Communications and Head of Communications, Media and Marketing at St Marys University, Twickenham, UK. His research and teaching interests include critical theory, film studies and popular music studies. Table of Contents IntroductionJon Hackett1. A Night at the Opera: Updating The PhantomMark Duffett2. His Muscles Still Bulged Like Iron Bands: King Kong and the Promotion of Lead BellyMark Duffett3. Colonel Parker and the Art of Commercial Exploitation: The Manager as MonsterMark Duffett4. The Platformed Prometheus: Frankenstein and Glam RockJon Hackett5. The Case of Mark Chapman: Extreme Fandom as Monstrosity?Mark Duffett6. Exhuming the Gravediggaz: Gothic Hip Hop and Monster CapitalJon Hackett7. Masculinity on Trial: Noir Désir and Perverse NarcissismJon Hackett8. Jingle Jangle Man: Jimmy Savile, Paedophilia and the Music IndustryMark DuffettReferencesEndnotesIndex Review Mark Duffett and Jon Hackett have compiled a fascinating collection of analyses that provide new perspectives on popular music figures, popular culture, and the societies and cultures of both the 20th century and the first two decades of the 21st. Thanks to their innovative utilization of different theories regarding concepts such as masculinity and monstrosity, their collection is of interest to a wide range of scholars ... Through their close readings of popular culture figures, texts, and discourses, they demonstrate an adeptness at incorporating the less commonly applied monstrosity studies with the more prevalent gender studies to provide new insights into music studies. * Popular Culture Studies Journal *The collection of set pieces in the volume … is also strangely, perversely entertaining and seems weirdly suited for our viral, pox-ridden times in the era of post-truth. * Popular Music *Seldom has the monster metaphor been used with such depth, diversity and complexity in the field of popular music studies. Applying an overarching approach that covers music artists, managers, fans and associated showbusiness personalities, in Scary Monsters Duffett and Hackett present a compelling and theoretically rigorous account of popular music, monstrosity and masculinity that will serve as an invaluable resource for students and scholars in popular music studies, cultural studies, media and communications, sociology, social history and other fields concerned with the intricate relationship between popular culture and society. * Andy Bennett, Professor, Griffith University, Australia *Scary Monsters brings popular music studies into an innovative and important dialogue with theories of monstrosity. Exploring how culture and industry attribute the monstrous also enables Duffett and Hackett to analyse who is marked as innocent, naïve and exploited. Monstrosity is more than attribution alone, however, and this book interrogates pop musics monsters of toxic masculinity, ranging from managers to stars, and from fans to DJs. Pops shiny glamour may promise what have often been culturally feminised pleasures, but Scary Monsters instead approaches the darker recesses and the dangerously romanticised excesses of popular musics monstrous masculine. * Matt Hills, Professor of Media and Film, University of Huddersfield, UK * Promotional Through a series of case studies, Scary Monsters examines masculinity in popular music culture from the perspective of research into monstrosity. Review Quote "Seldom has the monster metaphor been used with such depth, diversity and complexity in the field of popular music studies. Applying an overarching approach that covers music artists, managers, fans and associated showbusiness personalities, in Scary Monsters Duffett and Hackett present a compelling and theoretically rigorous account of popular music, monstrosity and masculinity that will serve as an invaluable resource for students and scholars in popular music studies, cultural studies, media and communications, sociology, social history and other fields concerned with the intricate relationship between popular culture and society." -- Andy Bennett, Professor, Griffith University, Australia " Scary Monsters brings popular music studies into an innovative and important dialogue with theories of monstrosity. Exploring how culture and industry attribute the monstrous also enables Duffett and Hackett to analyse who is marked as innocent, na Promotional "Headline" Through a series of case studies, Scary Monsters examines masculinity in popular music culture from the perspective of research into monstrosity. Feature Investigates the gendered ideologies and narratives that inform popular music culture from a unique perspective Details ISBN1501313371 Author Jon Hackett Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-10 1501313371 ISBN-13 9781501313370 Format Hardcover Short Title Scary Monsters Language English Subtitle Monstrosity, Masculinity and Popular Music Year 2021 Publication Date 2021-02-11 Pages 288 DEWEY 781.640811 UK Release Date 2021-02-11 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2021-02-11 US Release Date 2021-02-11 Edited by Claire Webster Birth 1952 Affiliation Winchester College, UK Position Classics Teacher Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn Imprint Bloomsbury Academic USA Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2021-04-07 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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