Index

Paula Rowe (University of South Australia, Australia)

Heavy Metal Youth Identities: Researching the Musical Empowerment of Youth Transitions and Psychosocial Wellbeing

ISBN: 978-1-78756-850-1, eISBN: 978-1-78756-849-5

Publication date: 1 October 2018

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Rowe, P. (2018), "Index", Heavy Metal Youth Identities: Researching the Musical Empowerment of Youth Transitions and Psychosocial Wellbeing (Emerald Studies in Metal Music and Culture), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 179-183. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78756-849-520181011

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INDEX

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” with numbers indicate footnotes.

Academic psychology
, 12

Acid Bath albums
, 104

Actively planning
, 101

‘Angry metal’ bands
, 85–86, 88

Aspirations
, (see also Heavy metal dreams), 14–18, 20, 26–27, 92, 97, 141–142, 171, 172

back-up plan
, 115, 116

flexible versus fixed
, 99, 118

metal-inspired
, 144, 169

metal-related
, 103–104

plan B
, 100, 101, 113–115

reality checking and re-authoring aspirations for success
, 141–142

subjectively perceived futures
, 15

Authenticity
, 93–95

Becoming metal
, 18, 24, 27, 29, 50, 52, 66, 68, 72, 80, 97, 166, 167–168

Bedroom metallers
, 77–80

Black metal
, 79, 83–84, 86–88, 91–94, 96, 110–111, 123, 128

Black metallers
, 79, 81, 84, 87, 93, 103, 128

Bloodstock festival (UK)
, 103

Bullying

coping with
, 38, 41, 65

intervention strategies
, 67–68, 172

and social vulnerability
, 50–51, 55–58, 65

Causality
, 10

Centrelink
, 89n8

Circle pit
, 76n1

Class
, 81–82, (see also Socio-economic status [SES])

Confidence
, 139–141

Conservative detractors
, 8

Consumerism
, 94

Corpse paint
, 79, 79n5, 91

Daddy (song)
, 35

Damaged stereotypes
, 67

Days Turn Blue to Gray (song)
, 36

Death Cult Armageddon (album)
, 88

Deathcore/metalcore bands
, 83

Devil Driver (Fafara)
, 76

Devil Worship: Exposing Satan’s Underground (documentary)
, 10

Digital media
, 78

Dimmu Borgir (album)
, 83, 86, 88, 91

‘Do-it-yourself’ biographies (DIY biographies)
, 42

Domination (song)
, 41

Economic factors
, 95, 112, 134

Emotions/emotional
, 51, 72

pain
, 52

wellbeing
, 39

Empowerment

self-empowerment
, 50, 168

and wellbeing
, 67

Escapism
, 112

Families, key messages for
, 161–162

Fear mongering
, 12

Fleshies
, 87n7

Flexible Learning Options (FLO)
, 124–125

Global Financial Crisis (GFC)
, 131

Global metal community
, 71, 167

Globalisation of metal
, 93

Goth subculture
, 20

Hammer Smashed Face (song)
, 38

Headbanger’s Ball
, 2

Heavy metal dreams
, 99–102, 138, 169–170

David case study
, 115–118

metal-related travel
, 103–113

playing and plan B
, 113

thematic differences of Zack and David case study
, 118

Zack case study
, 113–115

Heavy metal music
, 7

Heavy Metal Parking Lot (Krulik and Heyn)
, 77

Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture (Weinstein)
, 8

Hellfest metal festival (France)
, 103, 104, 125

Household costs
, 44

Human service organisations
, 159

Identity formations

collective identities
, 65, 75–76

reframing outsider status
, 71

structuring of school-based identities
, 54–58

individualisation of
, 22, 43, 44, 76, 169

chosen identities
, 23, 49, 53, 58, 60, 63–64, 66–68, 142, 158, 166, 168

unchosen identities
, 23, 49, 53, 61, 65, 66–68, 166

Individualism
, 94

and women
, 43–45

black metallers espousing
, 93

embedded in metal lyrics
, 44

globalised metal use
, 168

masculine
, 43

metal narratives of broken self
, 36, 37

metal work ethic and
, 41–43

Insider research
, 5, 19–21

Intangible family support
, 120, 122

Kerrang! magazine
, 35

Key learnings in practical frame
, 158

key messages for families
, 161–162

key messages for practitioners
, 162–164

principles of subculturally competent child and youth practice
, 164

Lamb of God (Blythe)
, 76

Listening to metal
, 31

checking in with the broken self
, 32–37

galvanising the dominant self
, 37–43

‘metal is my drug’
, 45–48

power of music, power of words
, 31–32

stress release (mind/body)
, 32

Maryland Dethfest (United States)
, 103

Mental health and wellbeing
, (see also Psychosocial wellbeing), 67, 96, 118, 133–134, 138, 158, 167, 171

Metal
, 45–48, 112, 155, 165

lyrics
, 8–9, 17, 31–32, 35–39, 41, 44, 62, 65, 165

mentors
, 157

music
, 46

musicians
, 102, 112

preferences
, 15

scholars
, 18

as strategy for political transformation
, 66–68

subculture
, 63, 67, 165–167

work ethic
, 41–43

Metal community

achieving metal community membership
, 75

establishing proof of eligibility
, 76–77

face-to-face communities
, 80, 122

global
, 71, 167

imagined community
, 71

Metal community life
, 77–80, 119, 138, 142

meaningful participation in
, 122, 122, 134, 138

Metal identity

early embodiment of
, 26, 29, 59, 71, 75, 167–168

going to public with
, 59–65

formations
, 22, 24, 26, 38, 66, 68, 69, 80–82, 95, 145, 166, 169, 171

Metal media

online media
, 76, 83, 84

patterns of consumption
, 87–93

watching music videos
, 11

Metal subgenres
, 23

affiliations with
, 81

constructing authenticity and choice
, 93–95

constructing the ‘Other’
, 84–87

patterns of access, consumption, and participation in
, 87–93

Metal youth
, 7, 158–159, 166

constructions
, 71

parents of
, 144–145

previous studies
, 12–14

research ‘problem’
, 18–19

social disapproval of metal
, 8–12

transitions and aspirations
, 14–18

Metal-inspired aspirations
, 144

Metal-related travel
, 103

Alex case study
, 104–107

differences in ability to achieve travel plans
, 110–113

international events
, 103–104

Stevo case study
, 107–110

Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey (documentary)
, 76

Metalheads (Arnett)
, 13, 99

Moral panics
, 11

Moral superiority
, 38–41

Music Metal and Politics conference
, 18

Music-related careers
, 102

Musical preferences
, 17

Non-adaptive parenting
, 147–151

Non-adaptive siblings
, 155–156

Non-metal genres of music
, 84

Non-metal youth
, 159–160

Online participation
, 78

Open-air music festivals
, 103

Outsiders/outsider status
, 11, 29, 40, 58, 60, 63, 67, 71, 139

as researchers
, 20, 26

biographic reauthoring of
, 166

celebration of
, 67

in school environments
, 16, 37, 50–51, 53, 66

Rob Zombie on
, 37

Parenting analysis applied to siblings
, 154

adaptive siblings
, 156–157

family contexts
, 157–158

non-adaptive siblings
, 155–156

reactive siblings
, 156

Parenting typology
, 146

adaptive parenting
, 153

dominant parenting responses
, 147

no parenting
, 154

non-adaptive parenting
, 147–151

reactive parenting
, 151–153

Parents
, 143

of metal youth
, 144–145

parental attitudes to metal in present study
, 145–146

and tangible support
, 134–138

and intangible support
, 143–146

Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC)
, 8

Peers

metal
, 112, 122, 128, 135, 140, 167, 171

non-metal
, 39, 59, 74, 96, 139, 171

Power relations at school
, 50

action
, 52–53

experience
, 50–51

feeling
, 51–52

Psychosocial wellbeing
, 22

holistic wellbeing
, 118

mental health
, 133–134

social protection
, 49, 65, 71, 80, 165, 167

status and confidence
, 139–141

Qualitative research using narrative methods
, 23

Rage
, 2

Rave Off! Politics and Deviance in Contemporary Youth Culture (Redhead)
, 6

Reality checking and re-authoring aspirations for success
, 141–142

Reflexivity
, 22

Relationships

familial
, 82, 146, 169

school-based
, (see also Peers), 49, 53, 54–58, 166

social
, 139

Research design and methods
, 23

data collection
, 25

data management and analysis
, 26–27

ethics
, 25

field observations, field notes and general communication
, 25

interviews
, 26

sample and recruiting
, 23–24

Resilience
, 66

Resistance

as resilience
, 66

as self-empowerment
, 50, 168

Road testing, reality checking and re-authoring aspirations for success
, 141–142

‘Rock star’
, 141

Rockers
, 2

Satanic Bible
, 65

Satanic Panic
, 11

Scapegoating
, 11

Schooling
, 51

and career planning support
, 153, 160

dominant peer groups
, 50, 54

marginal school-based identities
, 49, 166

schoolteachers
, 157

Self-belief
, 154

Self-esteem
, 15, 17, 41, 50, 95–96, 154

Self-worth
, 154

Siblings
, 155

‘Signing up’ for metal
, 165–167

Social disapproval of metal
, 8–12

Social-crisis phenomena in late modernity
, 42

Socio-economic status (SES)

lower
, 81, 82–83, 93

higher
, 82, 83–84, 95

middle
, 81–82, 83, 93

Socio Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA)
, 82

(un)defining class
, 81–82

Sopranos, The (Prime-time television drama)
, 11

Soundwave festival (Australia)
, 91

Status and confidence
, 139–141

Stereotyping of metalheads
, 11

Subcultural/subculture
, 5n2

affiliations
, 7, 49–50

and political transformation
, 67–68

as a tool for skill development
, 160–161

principles of subculturally competent child and youth practice
, 164

youth
, 163

Suicide Solution (song)
, 8, 9

Surfies
, 2

Technical and Further Education (TAFE)
, 4n1

Thrash metallers
, 103

Transitions/social transitions (see Youth Transitions)

Video games/gaming
, 11, 12, 38, 39, 61, 111, 131, 167

Vocational pathway
, 123

Wacken Open Air festival (Germany)
, 103, 111

‘Wall of death’ (moshing practice)
, 76n1

West Memphis Three
, 10

Youth studies

divisions between cultural and transitions perspectives
, 6–7

Youth transitions
, 5–6, 14, 23, 97, 146, 154, 157, 169

and complex decision making
, 6

default
, 119–122, 127–134

developmental
, 119–127

empowered
, 110, 139

in contemporary contexts
, 6, 133

individualisation of
, 22, 169

post-school
, 26