Anna S. Rogers is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia.Mathieu Deflem is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of South Carolina.

• Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Gender and Popular Culture: The Case of Heavy Metal; 2. Doing Gender: A Sociological Perspective; 3. Hypermasculinity and Heavy Metal; 4. Interrogating Heavy Metal: Fan Perceptions on Gender; 5. Metalhead: Music as Identity; 6. Metal Woman: Being and Playing Gender; 7. Degrees of Metal: Variation and Change; 8. Toward Heavy Metal Feminism?; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

“Doing Gender in Heavy Metal offers a fascinating exploration of gender in the male-dominated world of heavy metal. The interviews with fans demonstrate that gender shapes aspects of this subculture in both expected and unexpected ways.” — Dawn K. Cecil, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg campus

Anna S. Rogers is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia.Mathieu Deflem is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of South Carolina.

• Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Gender and Popular Culture: The Case of Heavy Metal; 2. Doing Gender: A Sociological Perspective; 3. Hypermasculinity and Heavy Metal; 4. Interrogating Heavy Metal: Fan Perceptions on Gender; 5. Metalhead: Music as Identity; 6. Metal Woman: Being and Playing Gender; 7. Degrees of Metal: Variation and Change; 8. Toward Heavy Metal Feminism?; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

“Doing Gender in Heavy Metal offers a fascinating exploration of gender in the male-dominated world of heavy metal. The interviews with fans demonstrate that gender shapes aspects of this subculture in both expected and unexpected ways.” — Dawn K. Cecil, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg campus

Anna S. Rogers is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia.Mathieu Deflem is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of South Carolina.

• Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Gender and Popular Culture: The Case of Heavy Metal; 2. Doing Gender: A Sociological Perspective; 3. Hypermasculinity and Heavy Metal; 4. Interrogating Heavy Metal: Fan Perceptions on Gender; 5. Metalhead: Music as Identity; 6. Metal Woman: Being and Playing Gender; 7. Degrees of Metal: Variation and Change; 8. Toward Heavy Metal Feminism?; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

“Doing Gender in Heavy Metal offers a fascinating exploration of gender in the male-dominated world of heavy metal. The interviews with fans demonstrate that gender shapes aspects of this subculture in both expected and unexpected ways.” — Dawn K. Cecil, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg campus