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"The Screaming Successor": Exploring the Chinese Metal Scene in Contemporary Chinese Society (1996-2015)

Zheng, Yu
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1479453595002855

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2016, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Popular Culture.
This research project explores the characteristics and the trajectory of metal development in China and examines how various factors have influenced the localization of this music scene. I examine three significant roles – musicians, audiences, and mediators, and focus on the interaction between the localized Chinese metal scene and metal globalization. This thesis project uses multiple methods, including textual analysis, observation, surveys, and in-depth interviews. In this thesis, I illustrate an image of the Chinese metal scene, present the characteristics and the development of metal musicians, fans, and mediators in China, discuss their contributions to scene’s construction, and analyze various internal and external factors that influence the localization of metal in China. After that, I argue that the development and the localization of the metal scene in China goes through three stages, the emerging stage (1988-1996), the underground stage (1997-2005), the indie stage (2006-present), with Chinese characteristics. And, this localized trajectory is influenced by the accessibility of metal resources, the rapid economic growth, urbanization, and the progress of modernization in China, and the overall development of cultural industry and international cultural communication.
Jeremy Wallach (Advisor)
Esther Clinton (Committee Member)
Kristen Rudisill (Committee Member)
184 p.
Asian Studies; Cultural Anthropology; Music
popular music; popular culture; Asian studies; Chinese contemporary culture; metal studies; heavy metal; Chinese metal scene; metal globalization; localization;

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  • Zheng, Y. (2016). "The Screaming Successor": Exploring the Chinese Metal Scene in Contemporary Chinese Society (1996-2015) [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1479453595002855

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  • Zheng, Yu. "The Screaming Successor": Exploring the Chinese Metal Scene in Contemporary Chinese Society (1996-2015). 2016. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1479453595002855.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zheng, Yu. ""The Screaming Successor": Exploring the Chinese Metal Scene in Contemporary Chinese Society (1996-2015)." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1479453595002855

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