Auteur: Keith Kahn-Harris

It is common to hear heavy metal music fans and musicians talk about the ‘;metal community’. This concept, which is widely used when referencing this musical genre, encompasses multiple complex aspec …

The holocaust never happened. The planet isn’t warming. Vaccines harm children. The Earth is flat. Denialism comes in many forms, often dressed in the garb of scholarship. It’s certainly insidious, b …

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This book defines the key ideas, scholarly debates, and research activities that have contributed to the formation of the international and interdisciplinary field of Metal Studies. Drawing on insigh …

This book defines the key ideas, scholarly debates, and research activities that have contributed to the formation of the international and interdisciplinary field of Metal Studies. Drawing on insigh …

It says ‘Judaism’ on the front of this book, so perhaps you are expecting a book that explains the Jewish religion. But that would be selling you short.This is a book about the Jewish people – and th …

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Extreme metal–one step beyond heavy metal–can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that teeters on the edge of screami …

The first book-length study of contemporary British Jewry , Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today examines the changing nature of the British Jewish community and its leadership since 1 …

Defining ‘Australian metal’ is a challenge for scene members and researchers alike. Australian metal has long been situated in a complex relationship between local and global trends, where the geogra …

Defining ‘Australian metal’ is a challenge for scene members and researchers alike. Australian metal has long been situated in a complex relationship between local and global trends, where the geogra …

'Quite simply, and quite ridiculously, one of the funniest and most illuminating books I have ever read. I thought I was obsessive, but Keith Kahn-Harris is playing a very different sport. He re …

The concept of ‘subculture’ has long been of significant importance in research on youth, style, deviance and popular culture. Although in more recent years subculture has been the subject of sustain …

When released in 2003, The Room, an obscure, self-financed relationship drama by an eccentric self-taught filmmaker named Tommy Wiseau, should have been completely forgotten. Yet nearly two decades l …

The relationship between metal and disability is distinctive. Persisting across metal’s sub-genres is a preoccupation with exploring and questioning the boundary that divides the body …

Extreme metal–one step beyond heavy metal–can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that teeters on the edge of screami …

The first book-length study of contemporary British Jewry , Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today examines the changing nature of the British Jewish community and its leadership since 1 …

The relationship between metal and disability is distinctive. Persisting across metal’s sub-genres is a preoccupation with exploring and questioning the boundary that divides the body that has agency …