The New Metal Men: Exploring Model of Flexible Masculinity in the Bandung Metal Scene
The global metal scene has long provided narratives and methods for solving issues of masculinities since in their particular environment in the music industry, and they are generally considered masculine. This article explores the stereotypical construction of masculinities in the Bandung metal mu...
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| author | Hinhin Agung Daryana Aquarini Priyatna Raden Muhammad Mulyadi |
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The global metal scene has long provided narratives and methods for solving issues of masculinities since in their particular environment in the music industry, and they are generally considered masculine. This article explores the stereotypical construction of masculinities in the Bandung metal music scene. This analysis based on in-depth interviews with Bandung professional metal male musicians who are aged 39-44 years old and are married. This investigation examines how these metal musicians negotiate alternative masculinities in various contexts, taking into account the predominantly Muslim culture in Indonesia. Using an ethnographic approach and borrowing from Millett's concepts of temperament, role, and status, this paper argues that metal music, which is generally considered hypermasculine, does not display the same construction in their performing their functions in the family. Through their roles as breadwinner, musicians maintain normative Indonesian masculinity, as well as fulfilling their responsibility to their family. However, they negotiate equity in the private space, which regards household labor division, childcare, and sharing of income. This paper argues that to some extent, musicians in the metal music scene in Bandung provide a role model of masculinity that is more gender-sensitive and egalitarian.
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| spelling | doaj.art-757b7eadb75b42dd94ea9151024cbd592022-12-22T00:32:35ZengHipatia PressMasculinities and Social Change2014-36052020-06-019210.17583/mcs.2020.5020The New Metal Men: Exploring Model of Flexible Masculinity in the Bandung Metal SceneHinhin Agung Daryana0Aquarini Priyatna1Raden Muhammad Mulyadi2Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung, West JavaUniversitas Padjadjaran Bandung, West JavaUniversitas Padjadjaran Bandung, West Java The global metal scene has long provided narratives and methods for solving issues of masculinities since in their particular environment in the music industry, and they are generally considered masculine. This article explores the stereotypical construction of masculinities in the Bandung metal music scene. This analysis based on in-depth interviews with Bandung professional metal male musicians who are aged 39-44 years old and are married. This investigation examines how these metal musicians negotiate alternative masculinities in various contexts, taking into account the predominantly Muslim culture in Indonesia. Using an ethnographic approach and borrowing from Millett's concepts of temperament, role, and status, this paper argues that metal music, which is generally considered hypermasculine, does not display the same construction in their performing their functions in the family. Through their roles as breadwinner, musicians maintain normative Indonesian masculinity, as well as fulfilling their responsibility to their family. However, they negotiate equity in the private space, which regards household labor division, childcare, and sharing of income. This paper argues that to some extent, musicians in the metal music scene in Bandung provide a role model of masculinity that is more gender-sensitive and egalitarian. https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/mcs/article/view/5020masculinitiesBandungidentitygender equityprivatemetal |
| spellingShingle | Hinhin Agung Daryana Aquarini Priyatna Raden Muhammad Mulyadi The New Metal Men: Exploring Model of Flexible Masculinity in the Bandung Metal Scene Masculinities and Social Change masculinities Bandung identity gender equity private metal |
| title | The New Metal Men: Exploring Model of Flexible Masculinity in the Bandung Metal Scene |
| title_full | The New Metal Men: Exploring Model of Flexible Masculinity in the Bandung Metal Scene |
| title_fullStr | The New Metal Men: Exploring Model of Flexible Masculinity in the Bandung Metal Scene |
| title_full_unstemmed | The New Metal Men: Exploring Model of Flexible Masculinity in the Bandung Metal Scene |
| title_short | The New Metal Men: Exploring Model of Flexible Masculinity in the Bandung Metal Scene |
| title_sort | new metal men exploring model of flexible masculinity in the bandung metal scene |
| topic | masculinities Bandung identity gender equity private metal |
| url | https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/mcs/article/view/5020 |
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