Ruth Barratt-Peacock
Biographic Data
| ID | 4492804 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Barratt-Peacock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Barratt-Peacock |
| SIGNATURE | BARRATT-PEACOCK R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Huddersfield |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5856-1730 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The effects of ensemble singing on heaviness in metal music: Revisiting a systematic approach
This article explores how ensemble vocals contribute to the perception of heaviness in metal music. It argues that heaviness is not solely an instrumental attribute but may also be influenced by vocal techniques, arrangement and production. Drawing from Herbst and Mynett’s research on heaviness, the article analyses how that framework applies to ensemble vocals. It distinguishes between absolute aspects (e.g. distortion and frequency spectrum) an…
The figure of the child in metal music: Preliminary findings on form and function
This article pioneers an exploration of the child and childhood in metal music. Using a grounded-theory approach, it examines the prevalence of ‘the child’ in metal music lyrics. The findings reveal a strong correlation between childhood imagery and specific metal subgenres, indicating that children’s representation in metal serves both aesthetic and social diagnostic purposes. These representations of the child reflect broader cultural construct…
Scoring the quotidian sacred: How music makes us laugh and cry in Bluey
By seamlessly blending comedy and music, Bluey (2018–present) effectively captures the emotional journey of parenting and reflects a broader Australian cultural focus on the local and mundane. In this article, I explore how humour contributes to the emotional impact of Bluey in combination with western classical music. The influence of Romanticism on the perception of classical music as transcendent contrasts with the everyday nature of Bluey’ s …
Parenting with Metal: Extreme Media Literacy Between Generations
Reading interviews published in Canadian magazine Hellbound, I trace a bidirectional dissonance between metal parents’ metal media practices and their role as parents. These “metal parents” address friction between these roles by asserting metal music’s value as a tool for helping children develop mental health management strategies and the media literacy to critically engage with sexual content in other popular media. The latter becomes particul…
Allegory, justice and sound: Paying homage and pulling punches in Kamen Rider anniversary series Black Sun
This article examines repeated patterns of resolution refusal in the 2022 series Black Sun from the Japanese superhero franchise Kamen Rider . Director Kazuya Shiraishi leverages nostalgia and the self-referential nature of this 50-year franchise anniversary to offer a biting critique of contemporary Japan. Black Sun plays with, reflects on and ultimately denies the narrative and aesthetic expectations of cathartic release and melodramatic justic…
Sideways Listening: Doing Space Sideways to the Norm with Superhero Franchise Kamen Rider
This article asserts that the social construction of space and the social construction of childhood are mutually informing. Different social practices within the broader domain of childhood reflect different constructions of childhood through their construction of space. These practices include watching television in the family home, attending an educational institution, or playing in a park. Sound, however, affords the possibility of non-linear …
Heavy metal made for children? Interrogating the adult/child divide in Heavysaurus’s heavy metal humour
Heavysaurus (a German act founded in 2017, from a concept that originated in Finland in 2009) is marketed as metal music made for children. As with most children’s media, Heavysaurus’s music utilizes a dual address, entertaining both parents and children, particularly through its comedic value. The following article examines the implications of combining metal aesthetics with children’s media, and the resulting music’s relationship to humour. Alt…
Aspirational cosmopolitanism in classical music anime: Adapting Romantic legacies in Forest of Piano
This article argues that anime about musicians specializing in western classical music offers a vehicle for questioning normative narratives that tend to exclude East Asian musicians from classical music culture beyond tertiary education. This article explores how the series Forest of Piano , the 2018 anime adaptation of Makoto Isshiki’s manga, utilizes competing Romantic models of genius to negotiate the protagonists’ positions as East Asian mus…
Medievalism and Metal Music Studies: Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Throwing down the Gauntlet
This edited collection investigates metal music’s enduring fascination with the medieval period from a variety of critical perspectives, exploring how metal musicians and fans use the medieval period as a fount for creativity and critique.
Medievalism and Metal Music Studies: Throwing down the Gauntlet
Aspirational cosmopolitanism in classical music anime: Adapting Romantic legacies in Forest of Piano
This article argues that anime about musicians specializing in western classical music offers a vehicle for questioning normative narratives that tend to exclude East Asian musicians from classical music culture beyond tertiary education. This article explores how the series Forest of Piano , the 2018 anime adaptation of Makoto Isshiki’s manga, utilizes competing Romantic models of genius to negotiate the protagonists’ positions as East Asian mus…
Medievalism and Metal Music Studies: Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Throwing down the Gauntlet
This edited collection investigates metal music’s enduring fascination with the medieval period from a variety of critical perspectives, exploring how metal musicians and fans use the medieval period as a fount for creativity and critique.
Medievalism and Metal Music Studies: Throwing down the Gauntlet
Heavy metal made for children? Interrogating the adult/child divide in Heavysaurus’s heavy metal humour
Heavysaurus (a German act founded in 2017, from a concept that originated in Finland in 2009) is marketed as metal music made for children. As with most children’s media, Heavysaurus’s music utilizes a dual address, entertaining both parents and children, particularly through its comedic value. The following article examines the implications of combining metal aesthetics with children’s media, and the resulting music’s relationship to humour. Alt…
Aspirational cosmopolitanism in classical music anime: Adapting Romantic legacies in Forest of Piano
This article argues that anime about musicians specializing in western classical music offers a vehicle for questioning normative narratives that tend to exclude East Asian musicians from classical music culture beyond tertiary education. This article explores how the series Forest of Piano , the 2018 anime adaptation of Makoto Isshiki’s manga, utilizes competing Romantic models of genius to negotiate the protagonists’ positions as East Asian mus…
Sideways Listening: Doing Space Sideways to the Norm with Superhero Franchise Kamen Rider
This article asserts that the social construction of space and the social construction of childhood are mutually informing. Different social practices within the broader domain of childhood reflect different constructions of childhood through their construction of space. These practices include watching television in the family home, attending an educational institution, or playing in a park. Sound, however, affords the possibility of non-linear …
The effects of ensemble singing on heaviness in metal music: Revisiting a systematic approach
This article explores how ensemble vocals contribute to the perception of heaviness in metal music. It argues that heaviness is not solely an instrumental attribute but may also be influenced by vocal techniques, arrangement and production. Drawing from Herbst and Mynett’s research on heaviness, the article analyses how that framework applies to ensemble vocals. It distinguishes between absolute aspects (e.g. distortion and frequency spectrum) an…
The figure of the child in metal music: Preliminary findings on form and function
This article pioneers an exploration of the child and childhood in metal music. Using a grounded-theory approach, it examines the prevalence of ‘the child’ in metal music lyrics. The findings reveal a strong correlation between childhood imagery and specific metal subgenres, indicating that children’s representation in metal serves both aesthetic and social diagnostic purposes. These representations of the child reflect broader cultural construct…
Scoring the quotidian sacred: How music makes us laugh and cry in Bluey
By seamlessly blending comedy and music, Bluey (2018–present) effectively captures the emotional journey of parenting and reflects a broader Australian cultural focus on the local and mundane. In this article, I explore how humour contributes to the emotional impact of Bluey in combination with western classical music. The influence of Romanticism on the perception of classical music as transcendent contrasts with the everyday nature of Bluey’ s …
Parenting with Metal: Extreme Media Literacy Between Generations
Reading interviews published in Canadian magazine Hellbound, I trace a bidirectional dissonance between metal parents’ metal media practices and their role as parents. These “metal parents” address friction between these roles by asserting metal music’s value as a tool for helping children develop mental health management strategies and the media literacy to critically engage with sexual content in other popular media. The latter becomes particul…
Allegory, justice and sound: Paying homage and pulling punches in Kamen Rider anniversary series Black Sun
This article examines repeated patterns of resolution refusal in the 2022 series Black Sun from the Japanese superhero franchise Kamen Rider . Director Kazuya Shiraishi leverages nostalgia and the self-referential nature of this 50-year franchise anniversary to offer a biting critique of contemporary Japan. Black Sun plays with, reflects on and ultimately denies the narrative and aesthetic expectations of cathartic release and melodramatic justic…
Art (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works) · Criticism and interpretation (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Heavy metal (Music) (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (2 works)