A retrospective of Laina Dawes’s What Are You Doing Here? A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal | Intellect

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Ten years of Metal Music Studies

ISSN: 2052-3998
E-ISSN: 2052-4005

A retrospective of Laina Dawes’s What Are You Doing Here? A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal
By Catherine Hoad¹
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¹ ISNI: 0000000106969806 Massey University
Source: Metal Music Studies, Volume 11, Issue Ten years of Metal Music Studies, Mar 2025, p. 175 - 178
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/mms_00153_7
Language: English
- Published online: 29 May 2025

Abstract

A retrospective of Laina Dawes’s What Are You Doing Here? A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal (2012).

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Dawes, Laina (2012), What Are You Doing Here? A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal, New York: Bazillion Points.
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Keyword(s): anti-racism; feminism; gender; intersectionality; metal music studies; race

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