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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Metal Music, Masculinity, and Mass Shootings: A Cis-Woman's Autoethnographic Account of Concerts, Culture, and PTSD

Metal Music, Masculinity, and Mass Shootings: A Cis-Woman's Autoethnographic Account of Concerts, Culture, and PTSD

Phillips, Deborah Kay

Paperback

Series: Gender Studies

AnthropologyGeneral Gender StudiesMetal

ISBN10: 1916985424
ISBN13: 9781916985421
Publisher: Lived Places
Published: Jan 14 2026
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

What happens when a woman enters the hypermasculine world of heavy metal and is forced to confront not only exclusion, but trauma and violence? In Metal Music, Masculinity, and Mass Shootings, Deborah Kay Phillips offers a powerful autoethnographic account that weaves lived experience with cultural and gender theory to examine metal music scenes, gun culture, and toxic masculinity in North America. Drawing on her experiences as a cis woman navigating metal concerts and communities, Phillips critically engages academic research on gender and popular music while reflecting on her own search for belonging within a male-dominated cultural space. The narrative takes a harrowing turn as she confronts the psychological aftermath of witnessing a fatal shooting at a concert, exploring how performances of masculinity intersect with firearms, public violence, and fear. Through honest reflection and scholarly insight, the book traces her journey of coping with PTSD and the difficult act of returning to a space marked by both passion and trauma, ultimately offering a deeply human meditation on resilience, accountability, and cultural change.

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