Bridging between the metal community and the church: Entextualization of the Bible in Christian metal discourse

Discourse, Context and Media

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 217-226

  Jousmäki, Henna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Christian metal; Entextualization; Song lyrics; Subculture; The bible

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870714683     PISSN: 22116958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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