Metal Music, Masculinity, and Mass Shootings: A Cis-Woman's Autoethnographic Account of Concerts, Culture,...

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Deborah Kay Phillips

Metal Music, Masculinity, and Mass Shootings

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A Cis-Woman's Autoethnographic Account of Concerts, Culture, and PTSD

Deborah Kay Phillips

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English

Lived Places
14 January 2026

Heavy Metal music; Gender studies, gender groups; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Gender Studies

What happens when a woman enters the hypermasculine world of heavy metal and is forced to confront not only exclusion, but trauma and violence? In Metal Music, Masculinity, and Mass Shootings, Deborah Kay Phillips offers a powerful autoethnographic account that weaves lived experience with cultural and gender theory to examine metal music scenes, gun culture, and toxic masculinity in North America. Drawing on her experiences as a cis woman navigating metal concerts and communities, Phillips critically engages academic research on gender and popular music while reflecting on her own search for belonging within a male-dominated cultural space. The narrative takes a harrowing turn as she confronts the psychological aftermath of witnessing a fatal shooting at a concert, exploring how performances of masculinity intersect with firearms, public violence, and fear. Through honest reflection and scholarly insight, the book traces her journey of coping with PTSD and the difficult act of returning to a space marked by both passion and trauma, ultimately offering a deeply human meditation on resilience, accountability, and cultural change.

This book is ideal for students and scholars in gender studies, cultural and media studies, popular music and metal studies, sociology, and communication, as well as readers interested in gun culture, toxic masculinity, trauma, PTSD, and the social dynamics surrounding mass shootings at concerts.

By: Deborah Kay Phillips
Imprint: Lived Places
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 336g
ISBN: 9781916985421
ISBN 10: 1916985424
Series: Gender Studies
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 14 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Deborah Kay Phillips is a Professor of Communication Studies at Muskingum University.