Appropriating the extreme
Interculturality and the decolonization of the image in extreme metal in México and Colombia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21876137 |
|---|---|
| Authors | José Omar González Hernández (0000-0001-9389-2279, Film Independent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 119-128 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Metal Music Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2052-3998 • E-ISSN: 2052-4005 |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/mms_00036_1 |
| OpenAlex | W3131845205 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
In this short article, I engage in a musical iconographic analysis of album covers from extreme metal bands, specifically those belonging to the subgenres of death metal and grindcore, in both México and Colombia. Both countries have gone through socio-historical processes marked by violence, which, by extension, have resulted in the popularization of consumer media products based on said violence (e.g. war against drug traffickers). My analysis rests on a transhistorical outline of the constant forms of domination that both countries have suffered since the conquest of the American continent and the ways in which Latin American extreme metal represents these experiences through the artwork of their albums, thus engaging in a process of decolonization of the imaginary through the reappropriation of imagery traditionally used in extreme metal
Ancient history · CONQUEST · Decolonization · Interculturality · Latin Americans · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · The Imaginary · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Music History and Culture · Psychology · Public Spaces through Art · Youth Culture and Social Dynamics
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |