Doing Gender in Heavy Metal: Perceptions on Women in a Hypermasculine Subculture - Paperback

by Anna S. Rogers (Author), Mathieu Deflem (Author)

This book offers a sociological study of gender regarding women in the heavy metal subculture. Relying on interviews with fans, women have made progress in the metal world, although gendered conditions also continue to exist. Heavy metal feminism is a process in becoming, but not yet an accomplished reality.

Author Biography

Anna S. Rogers is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia.

Mathieu Deflem is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of South Carolina.