Norges Våpen: Cultural Memory and Uses of History in Norwegian Black Metal av Christopher Thompson

Bindning: Häftat band

Bokförlag: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis
ISBN: 9789151305059
Bokserie: Studia Historica Upsaliensia

Omfång: 221 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2019-01-15

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Transgressive, anti-social, and dangerous, Norwegian black metal is a type of extreme metal music that pushes boundaries. Through the 1990s, this music scene was linked to a series of church burnings and murders that made Norwegian headlines. Whether through its strong anti-Christian rhetoric or its history with violence and vandalism, it is a menacing style of music that seems at odds with many of the stereotypes of Norway. However, like all kinds of popular music, it is influenced by its environment. As such, Norwegian black metal reflects something about what it means to be “Norwegian.”

The dissertation explores the ways Norwegian black metal uses history and expresses cultural memory, thereby confirming themselves as Norwegian as well as contributing to the definition of Norwegian-ness. History use and other expressions of cultural memory are thus understood in the context of modern Norwegian identity construction and the ways these identities have persisted since the nineteenth century.

Transgressive, anti-social, and dangerous, Norwegian black metal is a type of extreme metal music that pushes boundaries. Through the 1990s, this music scene was linked to a series of church burnings and murders that made Norwegian headlines. Whether through its strong anti-Christian rhetoric or its history with violence and vandalism, it is a menacing style of music that seems at odds with many of the stereotypes of Norway. However, like all kinds of popular music, it is influenced by its environment. As such, Norwegian black metal reflects something about what it means to be “Norwegian.”

The dissertation explores the ways Norwegian black metal uses history and expresses cultural memory, thereby confirming themselves as Norwegian as well as contributing to the definition of Norwegian-ness. History use and other expressions of cultural memory are thus understood in the context of modern Norwegian identity construction and the ways these identities have persisted since the nineteenth century.

Norges Våpen: Cultural Memory and Uses of History in Norwegian Black Metal av Christopher Thompson hittar du under Rockmusik inom Konst | Konsthistoria | Konstvetenskap | Arkitektur i huvudkategorin Humaniora.

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