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On Extremity

From Music to Images, Words, and Experiences

Edited by Nelson Varas-Díaz; Niall W.R. Scott and Bryan A. Bardine - Contributions by Bryan A. Bardine; Niall W.R. Scott; Nelson Varas-Díaz; Alixida Ramos-Pibernus; Anna Chilewska; Bradley J. Nelson; Robin Purves; Sheilla R. Madera; Edward Banchs; Jasmine Hazel Shadrack; Jason Wallin; Jeffrey Podoshen; Luis Javier Cintrón-Gutiérrez; Ross Hagen and Vivek Venkatesh

On Extremity: From Music to Images, Words, and Experiences brings together transdisciplinary scholarship on sounds, images, words, and experiences (human and non-human) to reflect on the polysemic and polymorphic characteristics of extremity and the category of the extreme. The editors and authors aim to contribute to a living, breathing, and expanding definition of extremity that helps us understand what we gain, or lose, when we interact with it, create it, and share it with, or force it upon, others. The volume calls for the emergence of “extremity studies” as an area of perusal to help us navigate our current global condition.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 282 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-1-66690-520-5 • Hardback • June 2023 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
978-1-66690-521-2 • eBook • June 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Series: Extreme Sounds Studies: Global Socio-Cultural Explorations
Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal, Social Science / Popular Culture, Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Social Science / Culture

Nelson Varas-Díaz is professor of social-community psychology at Florida International University’s Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies.

Bryan Bardine is professor in the English Department at the University of Dayton.

Niall W.R. Scott is reader in philosophy and popular culture at the University of Central Lancashire.

Chapter 1 - On Extremity: A Manifesto

Nelson Varas-Díaz, Niall Scott, and Bryan Bardine

SOUNDS

Chapter 2 - The Aesthetics of Extreme SoundsNiall Scott

Chapter 3 - Essential Musicality: Extreme Music and the Sounds of Everyday Life

Ross Hagen

Chapter 4 - Extremities within Extremity: Sisterhood as Strategies of Resistance in the UK Underground Metal Scene

Jasmine Hazel Shadrack

Chapter 5 - Voices for the Voiceless: Animal Rights and Extremity in Extreme Music

Edward Banchs and Anna Chilewska

Chapter 6 - No Satisfaction: Aihiyō after The Rolling Stones

Robin Purves

IMAGES AND WORDS

Chapter 7 - Extremity – Art – Decoloniality: Lessons for Survival in the Work of Puerto Rican Artist Rafael Trelles

Nelson Varas-Díaz

Chapter 8 - The Limits of Extremity: The Disappearance and Return of Extremity in Late Capitalism
Jason J. Wallin

Chapter 9 - Seeking the Banality in the Extreme: Prescient Identifiers of Vapid Narcissism in an Era of Post-Truth

Vivek Venkatesh

Chapter 10 - Quixotism and Extremity: Cervantes on Authenticity, Delusion, and Reality Literacy in Early and Late Modernity

Bradley J. Nelson

Chapter 11 - Devil Running Wild: Satan and his Minions in Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, and The Omen

Bryan Bardine

EXPERIENCES

Chapter 12 - Rethinking Extremity through Gender Detransition

Sheilla R. Madera and Alíxida Ramos Pibernus

Chapter 13 - Para’o: Exotic Wake, Extreme Performance and Marginality in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Luis Javier Cintrón Gutiérrez

Chapter 14 - Pushing the Limits of the “Darkest” Dark Tourism in the Age of Extremity

Jeffrey S. Podoshen

On Extremity is a ground-breaking collection of essays that promises to shift our understanding of a concept that is often used but rarely scrutinized. While rooted in studies of metal the editors and authors expand outwards to other forms of art and practice, forging connections between multiple extremities.


— Keith Kahn-Harris, Leo Baeck College


Inspiring. A book that deploys the concept of Extremity not as a catchall straight-jacket, but as a launching point into the elusive term’s ever-expanding possible meanings. From listening to extreme noise to becoming one with extreme silence; from screaming against sexism and trauma to throwing an oppositional gaze at colonialism; from invoking memory to challenging forgetfulness, from confronting the shock of modernity to contending with the banality of the era of Post-Truth: the chapters contained herein position Extremity as a prescient field for years to come.


— Daniel Nevárez Araújo, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras


On Extremity is a ground-breaking collection of essays that promises to shift our understanding of a concept that is often used but rarely scrutinized. While rooted in studies of metal the editors and authors expand outwards to other forms of art and practice, forging connections between multiple extremities.


— Keith Kahn-Harris, Leo Baeck College


Like the best interdisciplinary work, the editors and contributors to this volume illuminate a key feature of our contemporary condition from multiple angles. When metal studies began as a new field of study, many wondered if it would bring a new theoretical lens to current cultural debates. The idea of "extremity" might well be that unique contribution. That is reason enough to recommend this book highly!


— Jeremy Wallach, Professor, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University


On Extremity

From Music to Images, Words, and Experiences

Cover Image
Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • On Extremity: From Music to Images, Words, and Experiences brings together transdisciplinary scholarship on sounds, images, words, and experiences (human and non-human) to reflect on the polysemic and polymorphic characteristics of extremity and the category of the extreme. The editors and authors aim to contribute to a living, breathing, and expanding definition of extremity that helps us understand what we gain, or lose, when we interact with it, create it, and share it with, or force it upon, others. The volume calls for the emergence of “extremity studies” as an area of perusal to help us navigate our current global condition.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 282 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
    978-1-66690-520-5 • Hardback • June 2023 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
    978-1-66690-521-2 • eBook • June 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Series: Extreme Sounds Studies: Global Socio-Cultural Explorations
    Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal, Social Science / Popular Culture, Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Social Science / Culture
Author
Author
  • Nelson Varas-Díaz is professor of social-community psychology at Florida International University’s Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies.

    Bryan Bardine is professor in the English Department at the University of Dayton.

    Niall W.R. Scott is reader in philosophy and popular culture at the University of Central Lancashire.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 - On Extremity: A Manifesto

    Nelson Varas-Díaz, Niall Scott, and Bryan Bardine

    SOUNDS

    Chapter 2 - The Aesthetics of Extreme SoundsNiall Scott

    Chapter 3 - Essential Musicality: Extreme Music and the Sounds of Everyday Life

    Ross Hagen

    Chapter 4 - Extremities within Extremity: Sisterhood as Strategies of Resistance in the UK Underground Metal Scene

    Jasmine Hazel Shadrack

    Chapter 5 - Voices for the Voiceless: Animal Rights and Extremity in Extreme Music

    Edward Banchs and Anna Chilewska

    Chapter 6 - No Satisfaction: Aihiyō after The Rolling Stones

    Robin Purves

    IMAGES AND WORDS

    Chapter 7 - Extremity – Art – Decoloniality: Lessons for Survival in the Work of Puerto Rican Artist Rafael Trelles

    Nelson Varas-Díaz

    Chapter 8 - The Limits of Extremity: The Disappearance and Return of Extremity in Late Capitalism
    Jason J. Wallin

    Chapter 9 - Seeking the Banality in the Extreme: Prescient Identifiers of Vapid Narcissism in an Era of Post-Truth

    Vivek Venkatesh

    Chapter 10 - Quixotism and Extremity: Cervantes on Authenticity, Delusion, and Reality Literacy in Early and Late Modernity

    Bradley J. Nelson

    Chapter 11 - Devil Running Wild: Satan and his Minions in Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, and The Omen

    Bryan Bardine

    EXPERIENCES

    Chapter 12 - Rethinking Extremity through Gender Detransition

    Sheilla R. Madera and Alíxida Ramos Pibernus

    Chapter 13 - Para’o: Exotic Wake, Extreme Performance and Marginality in San Juan, Puerto Rico

    Luis Javier Cintrón Gutiérrez

    Chapter 14 - Pushing the Limits of the “Darkest” Dark Tourism in the Age of Extremity

    Jeffrey S. Podoshen

Reviews
Reviews
  • On Extremity is a ground-breaking collection of essays that promises to shift our understanding of a concept that is often used but rarely scrutinized. While rooted in studies of metal the editors and authors expand outwards to other forms of art and practice, forging connections between multiple extremities.


    — Keith Kahn-Harris, Leo Baeck College


    Inspiring. A book that deploys the concept of Extremity not as a catchall straight-jacket, but as a launching point into the elusive term’s ever-expanding possible meanings. From listening to extreme noise to becoming one with extreme silence; from screaming against sexism and trauma to throwing an oppositional gaze at colonialism; from invoking memory to challenging forgetfulness, from confronting the shock of modernity to contending with the banality of the era of Post-Truth: the chapters contained herein position Extremity as a prescient field for years to come.


    — Daniel Nevárez Araújo, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras


    On Extremity is a ground-breaking collection of essays that promises to shift our understanding of a concept that is often used but rarely scrutinized. While rooted in studies of metal the editors and authors expand outwards to other forms of art and practice, forging connections between multiple extremities.


    — Keith Kahn-Harris, Leo Baeck College


    Like the best interdisciplinary work, the editors and contributors to this volume illuminate a key feature of our contemporary condition from multiple angles. When metal studies began as a new field of study, many wondered if it would bring a new theoretical lens to current cultural debates. The idea of "extremity" might well be that unique contribution. That is reason enough to recommend this book highly!


    — Jeremy Wallach, Professor, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University


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