"Heavy Metal and Gender"....
International Congress, 8 to 10 October 2009, ..Cologne.. University of Music and Dance
incl. a panel discussion with Britta Görtz (CRIPPER), Doro Pesch (DORO), Sabina Classen (HOLY MOSES) and Angela Gossow (ARCH ENEMY)....
Heavy metal is music of men and women. But even though it generally attracts as many female as male fans today, heavy metal often emphasizes sexual differences.....
The congress will discuss gender roles, differences and stereotypes in heavy metal culture from an interdisciplinary and international perspective involving scholars as well as musicians and fans. It brings into account the broad variety of heavy metal as it has developed over the last 40 years and its global dissemination manifested in a high amount of subgenres.....
It will be the first scholarly conference on heavy metal in ....Germany.... and the first metal conference world-wide, which focuses on issues of gender.....
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At the last day of the conference (10. Oct.) there will be a concert of CRIPPER, HOLY MOSES and DORO in the "..Live.. ..Music Hall..", ....Cologne
You will find more information in the attached programme and online:....
http://www.metalandgender.de
