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The thesis of Kai-wen Chiu studies the political potential of metal music from the perspective of phónè in metal,with phónè referring to both voice and sound. I propose that metal, with its loud,distorted phónè, has the potential to challenge the politically charged separation of the meaningful collective voice of a people from the production of sheer sound. Throughout the thesis, I investigate this potential at four levels. The first chapter examines the connection between metal and scholarly subcultural politics. In the second chapter, I study how metal can inform us about power relations running through everyday life, especially with regard to issues of race and gender. The third chapter tackles aspects of power relations that are enacted at the site of phónè, and that draw attention to metal’s loud and distorted phónè. In the final chapter, I examine political activism in Taiwanese metal, demonstrate its relevance, and reflect on its shortcoming. The trajectory of this thesis marks a form of political engagement through phónè in metal, from the perspective of a scholar and a Taiwanese. Phónè, Voice and sound, Biopolitics, Giorgio Agamben, Taiwanese metal music, Metal music studies

type	research exposition
keywords	phoneme, Phónè, voice, sound, biopolitics, giorgio agamben, taiwan, metal music, metal music studies
date	12/12/2022
last modified	02/02/2023
status	in progress
share status	public
copyright	Kai-wen Chiu
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1862525/1862526
connected to	Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
external link	https://hdl.handle.net/1887/90131

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