ISBN:
9781438462042
,
9781438462035
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 255 Seiten
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
SUNY series in new political science
DDC:
305.809/073
Keywords:
White supremacy movements Songs and music
;
History and criticism
;
Popular music Political aspects
;
Popular music Social aspects
;
Neo-Nazism
;
Hate groups
;
Einführung
;
Einführung
;
Rassismus
;
Rechtsradikalismus
;
Rockmusik
;
Demokratie
;
Soziale Funktion
Abstract:
Popular music plays a major role in mobilizing citizens, especially youth, to fight for political causes. Yet the presence of music in politics receives relatively little attention from scholars, politicians, and citizens. White power music is no exception, despite its role in recent high-profile hate crimes. Trendy Fascism is the first book to explore how contemporary white supremacists use popular music to teach hate and promote violence. Nancy S. Love focuses on how white power music supports "trendy fascism," a neo-fascist aesthetic politics. Unlike classical fascism, trendy fascism involves a hyper-modern cultural politics that exploits social media to create a global white supremacist community. Three case studies examine different facets of the white power music scene: racist skinhead, neo-Nazi folk, and goth/metal. Together these cases illustrate how music has replaced traditional forms of public discourse to become the primary medium for conveying white supremacist ideology today. Written from the interdisciplinary perspective on culture, economics, and politics best described as critical theory, this book is crucial reading for everyone concerned about the future of democracy. -- Provided by publisher
Abstract:
Mobilizing white power: music, culture, and politics -- Playing with hate: racist skinheads, Skrewdriver, and liberal tolerance -- Imaging a white nation: neo-nazi folk, family values, and Prussian Blue -- Building a church: Rahowa, heavy metal, and racial ecology -- Recycling white trash: aesthetics, music, and democracy
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-245) and index
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