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Overview"Is ""goth music"" a genre, and if so, how does it relate to the goth subculture? The music played at goth club nights and festivals encompasses a broad range of musical substyles, from gloomy Batcave reverberations to neo-medieval bagpipe drones and from the lush vocals of goth metal to the harsh distortion of goth industrial. Goth Music: From Sound to Subculture argues that within this variegated musical landscape a number of key consistencies exist. Not only do all these goth substyles share a number of musical and textual characteristics, but more importantly these aspects of the music are constitutive of goth social reality. Drawing on their own experiences in the European and American goth scenes, the authors explore the ways in which the sounds of goth inform the scene’s listening practices, its fantasies of other worlds, and its re-enchantment of their own world. Goth music, this book asserts, engenders a musical timespace of its own, a musical chronotope that is driven by nostalgic yearning. Goth Music: From Sound to Subculture reorients goth subcultural studies onto music: goth music must be recognized not only as simultaneously diverse and consistent, but also as the glue that holds together goth scenes from all over the world. It all starts with the music." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Isabella van Elferen , Jeffrey Andrew WeinstockPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367597412ISBN 10: 0367597411 Pages: 162 Publication Date: 14 August 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsIsabella van Elferen and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock present an academically well-founded and recommendable study with Goth Music: From Sound to Subculture. This fulfils the claim of presenting promising new theoretical approaches for future scientific subculture discourse . Caroline Langhorst, Wissenschaftliche Rezensionen Author InformationIsabella van Elferen is Full Professor of Music and Director of Research at Kingston University London, UK. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock is Professor of English at Central Michigan University, USA and Associate Editor of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |