1st Edition

Music in Crime, Resistance, and Identity

Edited By Eleanor Peters Copyright 2023
136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

This book considers the intersection of music, politics and identity, focusing on music (genres) across the world as a form of political expression and protest, positive identity formations, and also how the criminalisation, censuring, policing and prosecution of musicians and fans can occur. All-encompassing in this book is analyses of the unique contribution of music to various aspects of... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction

Eleanor Peters

Chapter 2: Revolutionary Music and American Protests: Four Dead in Ohio

Andrew R. Wilczak

Chapter 3: The Norwegian Black Metal Second Wave: A Space for Performative Politics

Kevin Hoffin

Chapter 4: Musical Experience as Penumbra, Haecceity & Utopian Fractal

Musica Penumbra and Craig Hammond

Chapter 5: Indonesian Death Metal Music and Alleged or Apparent Criminality: Policing Death

Kieran James

Chapter 6: Decriminalising Rap Beat by Beat: Two Questions in Search of Answers

Lambros Fatsis

Chapter 7: Human Rights and Harms: Music

Eleanor Peters

Chapter 8: Music in the Collective Lives of Prisoners

Chris Waller

Chapter 9: The Benefits of Music Engagement Projects on Young People: A Music and Education Perspective

Justin Boreland and Eleanor Peters

Biography

Eleanor Peters is senior Lecturer in Criminology at Edge Hill University. She has a PhD from the University of Bristol. Her main research interests are in the areas of youth and family justice and the relationship between music and crime. She has published in a number of journals including the British Journal of Criminology, the International Journal of Social Research Methodology and the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. Her most recent book is The Use and Abuse of Music: Criminal Records published in 2019.