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Brown, A.R, Spracklen, K, Kahn-Harris, K and Scott, N.W.R, eds. (2016) Global metal music and culture: current directions in metal studies. Routledge, New York, NY. ISBN 9781138822382

Brown, A.R and Fellezs, K, eds. (2012) Heavy metal generations: (re)generating the politics of age, race, and identity in metal music culture. Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford. ISBN 9781848881471

Brown, A.R (1999) Political languages of race and the politics of exclusion. Ashgate, London. ISBN 9781840145168

Brown, A.R (2019) 'From class disgust to indie art-house accolade and fan celebrity: the strange cultural journey of 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot'.' In: Bayer, G, ed. Heavy metal at the movies. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9781138571594

Brown, A.R (2018) 'You’re all partied out, dude!: the mainstreaming of heavy metal subcultural tropes, from 'Bill & Ted' to 'Wayne’s World'.' In: Bentley, N, Johnson, B and Zieleniec, A, eds. Youth subcultures in fiction, film and other media. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 109-125. ISBN 9783319731889

Brown, A.R (2016) '“Girls like metal, too!”: female reader’s engagement with the masculinist culture of the tabloid metal magazine.' In: Heesch, F and Scott, N, eds. Heavy metal, gender and sexuality: interdisciplinary approaches. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 163-181. ISBN 9781472424792

Brown, A.R, Spracklen, K, Kahn-Harris, K and Scott, N.W.R (2016) 'Introduction: global metal music and culture and metal studies.' In: Brown, A.R, Spracklen, K, Kahn-Harris, K and Scott, N.W.R, eds. Global metal music and culture: current directions in metal studies. Routledge, New York, NY, pp. 1-21. ISBN 9781138822382

Brown, A.R (2016) 'Un(su)stained class? : figuring out the identity-politics of heavy metal’s class demographics.' In: Brown, A.R, Spracklen, K, Kahn-Harris, K and Scott, N.W.R, eds. Global metal music and culture: current directions in metal studies. Routledge, New York, NY, pp. 190-206. ISBN 9781138822382

Brown, A.R (2016) 'The ballad of heavy metal: re-thinking artistic and commercial strategies in the mainstreaming of metal and hard rock.' In: Walter, B.G, Riches, G, Snell, D and Bardine, B, eds. Heavy metal studies and popular culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 61-81. ISBN 9781137456670

Brown, A.R (2015) '"Metal for the masses": or, will metal ever be mainstream again? (and why we should want it to be…).' In: Karjalainen, T-M and Kärki, K, eds. Modern heavy metal: markets, practices and cultures - International Academic Research Conference, June 8–12, 2015, Helsinki, Finland: proceedings. International Institute for Popular Culture, Turku, pp. 454-464. ISBN 9789526062174

Brown, A.R (2015) 'Everything louder than everyone else: the origins and persistence of heavy metal music and its global cultural impact.' In: Bennett, A and Wacksman, S, eds. The SAGE handbook of popular music. SAGE, London, pp. 261-277. ISBN 9781446210857

Brown, A.R (2013) 'Suicide solutions? Or, how the emo class of 2008 were able to contest their media demonization, whereas the headbangers, burnouts or 'children of ZoSo' generation were not.' In: Hjelm, T, Kahn-Harris, K and Levine, M, eds. Heavy metal: controversies and countercultures. Equinox, London. ISBN 9781845539412

Brown, A.R and Fellezs, K (2012) 'Heavy metal (re)generation.' In: Brown, A.R and Fellezs, K, eds. Heavy metal generations: (re)generating the politics of age, race, and identity in metal music culture. Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, vii-xxvi. ISBN 9781848881471

Brown, A.R (2012) 'The speeding bullet, the smoking gun: tracing metal trajectories, from Sabbath to Satyricon.' In: Brown, A.R and Fellezs, K, eds. Heavy metal generations: (re)generating the politics of age, race, and identity in metal music culture. Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, pp. 3-13. ISBN 9781848881471

Brown, A.R (2011) 'No method in the madness? The problem of the cultural reading in Robert Walser's 'Running with the devil': power madness and gender in heavy metal music and recent metal studies.' In: McKinnon, C, Scott, N and Sollee, K, eds. Can I play with madness? Metal, dissonance, madness and alienation. Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, pp. 63-72. ISBN 9781848880573

Brown, A.R (2010) 'The importance of being 'metal': the metal music tabloid and youth identity construction.' In: Scott, N and Von Helden, I, eds. The metal void: first gatherings. Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, pp. 105-134. ISBN 9781904710875

Brown, A.R (2009) ''Everything louder than everything else': the contemporary metal music magazine and its cultural appeal.' In: Holmes, T, ed. Mapping the magazine: comparative studies in magazine journalism. Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415451154

Brown, A.R (2007) 'Rethinking the subcultural commodity: the case of heavy metal t-shirt culture(s).' In: Hodkinson, P and Deicke, W, eds. Youth cultures : scenes, subcultures and tribes. Routledge advances in sociology . Routledge, New York, pp. 63-78. ISBN 9780415376129

Brown, A.R (2003) 'Heavy metal and subcultural theory: a paradigmatic case of neglect?' In: Muggleton, D and Weinzierl, R, eds. The post-subcultures reader. Berg, Oxford, pp. 209-222. ISBN 9781859736685

Brown, A.R (2021) 'Heavy metal justice? Calibrating the economic and aesthetic accreditation of the heavy metal genre in the pages of Rolling Stone, 1980-1991: part two 1986-91.' Metal Music Studies, 7 (2). pp. 257-276.

Brown, A.R (2021) 'Heavy metal justice? Calibrating the economic and aesthetic accreditation of the heavy metal genre in the pages of 'Rolling Stone', 1980-1991: part one 1980-85.' Metal Music Studies, 7 (1). pp. 61-84.

Brown, A.R (2018) 'A manifesto for metal studies: or putting the ‘politics of metal’ in its place.' Metal Music Studies, 4 (2). pp. 343-363.

Brown, A.R (2015) 'Explaining the naming of heavy metal from rock’s “Back Pages”: a dialogue with Deena Weinstein.' Metal Music Studies, 1 (2). pp. 233-261.

Brown, A.R and Griffin, C. (2014) '‘A cockroach preserved in amber’: the significance of class in critics’ representations of heavy metal music and its’ fans.' Sociological Review, 62 (4). pp. 719-741.

Brown, A.R (2014) 'Iron Maiden at Twickenham Stadium, July 2008: an ethnographer’s diary.' Leisure Studies Association Newsletter, 98. pp. 41-50.

Brown, A.R and Matthews, J (2012) 'Negatively shaping the asylum agenda? The representational strategy and impact of a tabloid news campaign.' Journalism, 13 (6). pp. 802-817.

Brown, A.R (2011) 'Heavy genealogy: mapping the currents, contraflows and conflicts of the emergent field of metal studies, 1978-2010.' Journal for Cultural Research, 15 (3). pp. 213-242.

Spracklen, K, Brown, A.R and Kahn-Harris, K (2011) 'Metal studies? Cultural research in the heavy metal scene.' Journal for Cultural Research, 15 (3). pp. 209-212.

Brown, A.R (2009) 'Teaching and learning guide for: popular music cultures, media and youth consumption: towards an integration of structure, culture and agency.' Sociology Compass, 3 (5). pp. 861-870.

Brown, A.R (2008) 'Popular music cultures, media and youth consumption: towards an integration of structure, culture and agency.' Sociology Compass, 2 (2). pp. 388-408.

Brown, A.R (2007) '"Everything louder than everything else": the contemporary metal music magazine and its cultural appeal.' Journalism Studies, 8 (4). pp. 642-655.

Brown, A.R (1999) '"The other day I met a constituent of mine": a theory of anecdotal racism.' Ethnic and Racial Studies, 22 (1). pp. 23-55.

Brown, A.R (2017) Metal music studies: head bangin’ in the academy. In: Research Day: Media Convergence Research Centre, 13 September 2017, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK.

Brown, A.R (2017) Songs in the key of depression, suicide and death: how metal musicians sustained a dialogue of community with their fans in a period of moral panic about heavy metal music, 1984-1991. In: 3rd ISMMS Biennial International Conference - Boundaries and Ties: The Place of Metal Music in Communities, 9 - 11 June 2017, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.

Brown, A.R (2016) Egg-head-banger? Critical reflections on a “career” in metal studies. In: Modern Heavy Metal Conference: Markets, Practices and Cultures, 30 June - 1 July 2016, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.

Brown, A.R (2016) A manifesto for metal studies: putting the politics of metal in its place. In: Metal Music Studies, ISSMS Conference: Metal & Politics, 9 June 2016, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.

Brown, A.R (2016) Progressive metal? : re-evaluating classic, neo- and post-progressive metals and other (post-rock) alloys. In: Metal (&) Musicology, 12 March 2016, University of Hull, Hull, UK.

Brown, A.R (2015) Metal genre nomenclature: etymology vs. genealogy approaches to the naming of thrash, death and black metal. In: Mind Over Metal: Metal Music and Culture from a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective, 3 - 4 December 2015, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Brown, A.R (2015) "Metal for the masses": or, will metal ever be mainstream again? (and why we should want it to be…). In: Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures - International Academic Research Conference, 8 - 12 June 2015, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.

Brown, A.R (2015) Heavy genealogy: reflections on metal studies and the MMSDB. In: IAML (UK & Irl) Annual Study Weekend, 25 -26 April 2015, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

Brown, A.R (2014) "Heavy genealogy”: reflections on the MSBD and metal studies. In: Heavy Metal et Sciences Sociales, 18 - 19 December 2014, University of Angers, France. Please click the title to check availability.

Brown, A.R (2014) Revenge of the metal-univore or rise of the metal-omnivore? Exploring changes in the legitimacy of having a 'taste for classical music and heavy metal'. In: Metal and Cultural Impact: Metal's Role in the 21st Century, 6-8 November 2014, Dayton, Ohio, USA.

Brown, A.R, Hill, R.L and Riches, G (2014) Protesting masculinity: exploring the affective complexities of masculine performativity in contemporary metal music videos. In: IASPM UK & Ireland Conference, 11-14 September 2014, University College, Cork, Ireland.

Brown, A.R, Dawes, L and Fellezs, K (2013) Race with the devil: the racial politics of heavy metal music and fandom or, who gets to play with heavy metal, anyway? In: Popular Culture Association of Canada (PCAC), 3rd Annual Conference, 9 - 11 May 2013, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Brown, A.R (2013) A league of extraordinary djentlemen? Geekdom, virtuosity and the relative un-marking of race in on-line progressive-metal fandom threads. In: The Heavy Metal and Popular Culture Conference, 4 - 7 April 2013, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA.

Brown, A.R (2012) The speeding bullet, the smoking gun: tracing metal trajectories, from Sabbath to Satyricon ... and beyond. In: 4th Global Conference: Heavy Fundamentalisms: Music, Metal and Politics, 9 – 11 May 2012, Prague, Czech Republic.

Brown, A.R (2011) Raunchy, Girly, Rock Bitch and Lavender: mapping female reader repertoires within tabloid metal magazine culture. In: Mapping the Magazine 3 Conference, 7 - 8 July 2011, Cardiff University.

Brown, A.R (2011) Un(su)stained class: the enigma of class consciousness in the origins and development of heavy metal music in Great Britain. In: Home of Metal conference, 1 - 4 September 2011, University of Wolverhampton and Lighthouse Media Centre, Wolverhampton.

Brown, A.R (2010) Raunchy, Girly, Rock Bitch and Lavender: mapping female reader repertoires within tabloid metal magazine culture. In: BSA Youth 2010: Identities, Transitions, Cultures, 6 - 8 July 2010, University of Surrey, UK.

Brown, A.R and Griffin, C (2009) A cockroach preserved in amber: the significance of class in critics representations of heavy metal music and its fans. In: BSA Annual Conference: The Challenge of Global Social Inquiry, 16 -18 April 2009, Cardiff, UK.

Brown, A.R and Griffin, C (2009) A cockroach preserved in amber: the significance of class in critics' representations of heavy metal music and its fans. In: BSA Annual Conference: The Challenge of Global Social Inquiry, 16 - 18 April 2009, Cardiff, UK.

Brown, A.R and Griffin, C (2009) Inscribing the abhorred space: the significance of class in critics representations of heavy metal music and its fans. In: Critical Psychology Group Research Seminar Series, 25 March 2009, University of Bath, Bath, UK.

Brown, A.R (2009) Girls like metal, too!: female readers engagement with the masculinist ethos of the tabloid metal magazine. In: Heavy Metal and Gender Congress, 8 - 10 October 2009, Hochschule für Musik Köln / Cologne University of Music, Germany.

Brown, A.R (2008) The importance of being ‘metal’: the metal music tabloid and youth identity construction. In: Heavy Fundametalisms: Music, Metal and Politics - First Global Conference, 3 - 5 November 2008, Salzburg, Austria.

Brown, A.R (2005) “Everything louder than everything else”: the contemporary metal music magazine and its cultural appeal. In: Mapping the Magazine: A Cross-Disciplinary Symposium on Magazine Studies, 15 - 16 September 2005, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

Brown, A.R (2005) Metal rules! The on-line participation of young metal fans in the deliberative rituals and public debates that constitute the global metal (post) subcultural scene. In: Young People and New Technologies Conference - BSA Youth Study Group, 7 - 9 September 2005, University College, Northampton, UK.

Brown, A.R and Matthews, J (2005) Orchestrating the political elite? Accounting for the role of representations of public opinion in the UK tabloid anti-asylum campaign. In: Fortress Europe and its 'Others': Cultural Representations in Film, Media and the Arts, 4 - 6 April 2005, University of London, UK.

Brown, A.R (2003) The problem of ‘subcultural markets’: towards a critical political economy of the manufacture, marketing and consumption of subcultural products. In: Scenes, Subcultures and Tribes: Youth Cultures in the 21st Century - BSA Youth Study Group Conference, 11 - 13 September 2003, University College, Northampton, UK.

Brown, A.R (2001) Punk and metal: antithesis, synthesis or prosthetic? In: No Future? Punk Conference and Festival, 21 -23 September 2001, University of Wolverhampton & Light House, Wolverhampton, UK.

Brown, A.R (1997) Language, power and resisting racist discourse. In: Power/Resistance: BSA Annual Conference, 7 - 10 April 1997, University of York, UK.

Brown, A.R (2017) Who invented heavy metal? [book review]. Metal Music Studies, 3 (3). pp. 465-481.

Brown, A.R (2012) Black Sabbath and the rise of heavy metal music [book review]. Volume ! The French Journal of Popular Music Studies, 9 (2). pp. 206-208.

Brown, A.R (2012) Heavy metal music in Britain [book review]. Volume ! The French Journal of Popular Music Studies, 9 (2). pp. 220-223.

Brown, A.R (2003) British immigration policy under the Conservative government [book review]. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 29 (6). pp. 1099-1100.

Brown, A.R (2003) Black marks: minority ethnic audiences and media [book review]. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 29 (3).

Brown, A.R (2003) The world is a ghetto: race and democracy since World War II [book review]. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 26 (1). pp. 177-178.

Brown, A.R (2002) The race card: campaign strategy, implicit messages, and the norm of equality [book review]. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 25 (3).

Brown, A.R (1998) The black culture industry [book review]. Sociology, 32 (4). pp. 884-886.