Brutal belonging in Melbourne's grindcore scene
2010; Emerald Publishing Limited; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1108/s0163-2396(2010)0000035009
ISSN0163-2396
Autores Tópico(s)Geographies of human-animal interactions
ResumoI suggest sociality depends on affective encounters between individuals in particular spaces.Through an ethnography of Melbourne's grindcore death-metal scene, I examine how belonging in a music scene is constituted by scene members’ affective encounters. In particular, I suggest that a “brutal” disposition is necessary for cultivating the affective intensities necessary for experiencing belonging in the scene. Using scene members’ own understandings of “brutal” I shift from iconic representations of “brutality,” common in other metal scenes, toward a brutal affect. Here, brutality is experienced as a set of embodied intensities, difficult to articulate, but crucial to understanding how scene members cultivate belonging – in the grindcore scene, and in scenic spaces.
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