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Heavy Metal Armour: A Visual Study of Battle Jackets
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This visual and cultural study will appeal to fans of heavy metal music, enthusiasts of subcultural fashion, and readers interested in the intersections of art, ethnography, and music history.
Customized denim battle jackets are worn by heavy metal fans to show their devotion to the music and subcultures of metal. Unique study outlines the significance of battle jackets in metal scenes and makes connections to wider historic and contemporary culture. Original paintings of jackets and photographic portraits of the wearers. 80 col. illus.
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A lavishly illustrated study of the heavy metal battle jacket in a historical and cultural context.
Since the 1970s, customised denim "battle jackets" have been worn by heavy metal fans to signify their devotion to the music and subcultures of metal. Embellished with patches, badges, and studs, these jackets are works of art that communicate the values of metal to the world at large.
Heavy Metal Armour: A Visual Study of Battle Jackets features a series of detailed paintings that visually document examples of jackets alongside photographic portraits of the fans that wear them. Reaching across a range of fields from art theory to ethnography and subcultural studies, and informed by a series of interviews with metal fans, this book considers the significance of battle jackets in metal scenes and traces a lineage of customised clothing starting in the Middle Ages.
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ISBN: 9781789385366
Publisher: Intellect
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 19 July 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Intellect Books
Illustration: 20 Illustrations, color; 52 Plates, color
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 244.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 248
About the Author
Tom Cardwell is an artist and researcher specialising in contemporary painting, customized clothing and heavy metal subcultures. He is a senior lecturer in painting at Camberwell, University of the Arts, London.
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