Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1 Gender and Popular Culture: The Case of Heavy Metal
- 2 Doing Gender: A Sociological Perspective
- 3 Hypermasculinity and Heavy Metal
- 4 Interrogating Heavy Metal: Fan Perceptions on Gender
- 5 Metalhead: Music as Identity
- 6 Metal Woman: Being and Playing Gender
- 7 Degrees of Metal: Variation and Change
- 8 Toward Heavy Metal Feminism?
- Appendix: Interview Guide
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix: Interview Guide
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 October 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1 Gender and Popular Culture: The Case of Heavy Metal
- 2 Doing Gender: A Sociological Perspective
- 3 Hypermasculinity and Heavy Metal
- 4 Interrogating Heavy Metal: Fan Perceptions on Gender
- 5 Metalhead: Music as Identity
- 6 Metal Woman: Being and Playing Gender
- 7 Degrees of Metal: Variation and Change
- 8 Toward Heavy Metal Feminism?
- Appendix: Interview Guide
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
• Age:
• Race:
• Sex/ gender:
• How long have you been a metal fan?
• What made you become a fan of this particular genre?
• What are some of your favorite bands?
• How many (metal) concerts have you been to?
• What does it mean to you to be a real metal fan?
• What are, according to you, the main characteristics of a metal fan?
• How does a fan become accepted into the group in your opinion?
• How would you describe the metal fan base as a group overall?
• How would you describe interactions between metal fans at shows?
• How would you describe the interactions in a mosh pit?
• Would you consider the heavy metal fan culture as a whole to be dominated by men or overly masculine?
• Do you think your gender (as a man/ woman) has affected your acceptance into the group? How?
• When a woman flashes at a concert, how do you think that affects her status?
• When a woman moshes at a concert, how do you think that affects her status?
• Do you think it is generally harder (or not) for a woman to be accepted as a metal fan than for a man?
• Is there any other information you would like to share with me?
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Doing Gender in Heavy MetalPerceptions on Women in a Hypermasculine Subculture, pp. 79 - 80Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2021