Defiant Sounds: Heavy Metal Music in the Global South (Extreme Sounds Studies: Global Socio-Cultural Explorations) - Hardcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Nelson Varas-Díaz is Professor of Social-Community Psychology at Florida International University, USA.

Jeremy Wallach is Professor of popular culture in the School of Cultural and Critical Studies at Bowling Green State University, USA.

Esther Clinton taught in the department of popular culture at Bowling Green State University for 16 years on topics ranging from traditional narrative to popular novels to advanced cultural theory. Esther's tragic, untimely death at age 50 cut short her exploration of these topics, but her many students carry on her legacy.

Daniel Nevárez Araújo is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras.

Edward Banchs is a freelance writer and an independent scholar who holds a BA in political science from Florida Atlantic University and an MA in African studies from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. He is the author of Heavy Metal Africa: Life, Passion and Heavy Metal in the Forgotten Continent (2016) and Scream for Me Africa! Heavy Metal Identities in Post-Colonial Africa (2021).