It’s a matter of eating or being eaten’ Gender positioning and difference making in the heavy metal subculture

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12599213
AutoresSusanna Nordström (Skövde University, Sweden, autor de correspondencia), M Herz (0000-0002-6555-3875, Malmö University)
Año2013
Volumen16
Número4
Páginas453-467
Fecha de publicación2013-05-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1367-5494 • E-ISSN: 1460-3551
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1367549413484305
OpenAlexW2151010945
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas24

The purpose of this article is to study how gender difference and ultimately female gender positioning are created and manifested in the heavy metal culture. The empirical material consists of single interviews and focus group interviews with heavy metal fans between the ages of 18 and 26. The overall finding is that while gender is a moveable position in general, women move their gender position to a greater extent than men, as they are forced constantly to adhere to the male values of the heavy metal culture. Three dualities in the positioning of heavy metal women illustrate this phenomenon: a ‘whore/goddess’ paradigm based on the knowledge of the female heavy metal fan; the balancing act of ‘acting male’ and ‘looking female’; and the gender ‘twilight zone’ of being insufficiently male for heavy metal culture while being insufficiently female for the mainstream world

Mainstream · Political science · Sociology · Subculture (biology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Music History and Culture · Social and Educational Sciences