J 2022

A Man Behind Everything? Motivational Sources of Metal Listening… Among Female Audiences

VRZAL, Miroslav, Gabriela STAŠOVÁ a Jana NENADALOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

A Man Behind Everything? Motivational Sources of Metal Listening… Among Female Audiences

Autoři

VRZAL, Miroslav (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Gabriela STAŠOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Jana NENADALOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae: Studia de Cultura, Kraków, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie, 2022, 2083-7275

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60304 Religious studies

Stát vydavatele

Polsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00128663

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

female metalhead; metal music; woman; subculture; femininity; masculinity

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 22. 3. 2023 13:16, Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová

Anotace

V originále

The term “female metalhead” may sound rather abstract. What does she look like and what does she think? Is there a typical female metalhead? This article summarizes qualitative research on woman’s motivational resources for participation in the contemporary Czech metal subculture. It discusses factors related to why women listen to metal and the role of men in this process. The research is based on seventeen semi-structured interviews with women in Czech metal. Respective research questions focus on female metalheads’ understanding of their position inside the subculture, their visual appearance, reasons for inclination to metal (e.g., partner’s influence or an attraction to the metal community), the issue of sex symbols in the metal industry, and issues of elitism and exclusivity. Results show that women within the metal subculture strike a balance between masculinity and femininity and often judge their surroundings from the perspective on these two poles. However, the primary inspiration still drives from the male perspective with its typical visual and musical characteristics.