"Somewhere They Belong": metal, ethnicity, and scenic solidarities in Malaysia's underground scenes (1990s to 2000s)

Mohd Azmyl, Md Yusof * and Adil, Johan (2023) "Somewhere They Belong": metal, ethnicity, and scenic solidarities in Malaysia's underground scenes (1990s to 2000s). In: Defiant Sounds: heavy metal in the Global South. Extreme Sounds Studies: Global Socio-Cultural Explorations Series . Lexington Books, Lanham, Mary, United States, pp. 259-280. ISBN 9781793651860

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Abstract

When we initially proposed this chapter to the volume editors, we were intrigued by the possibility of uncovering a niche are of heavy metal music in Malaysia from the perspective of an ethnic minority. Indeed, heavy metal culture has a rich history in Malaysia, associated with the mass rural-urban migration and rapid (and unequal) economic development of the era that coincided with a proliferation of glam metal and thrash metal groups. Metal and rock are predominantly associated with Malay-Muslims, who form an ethnic and political majority in Malaysia. Thus, research on heavy metal music in Malaysia (and also neighboring Singapore and Brunei) has naturally focused on its association with "Malayness" (kemelayuan).

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Uncontrolled Keywords: heavy metals; music; Global South;
Subjects: M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music
Divisions: Others > Non Sunway Academics
Sunway University > School of Arts > Dept. Film & Performing Arts (18) [formerly Dept. Performance and Media until 2020]
Depositing User: Ms Yong Yee Chan
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Date Deposited: 30 Apr 2024 01:25
Last Modified: 30 Apr 2024 01:25
URI: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/id/eprint/2534

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