
Julian Schaap
Current affiliation: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Subject: Sociology
Primary location: Netherlands
The 'whiteness' of rock music
Published in:Popular Communication
Publication date:2015-10-02What's it about?This article questions how the 'whiteness' of rock music - a cultural product which is generally made and enjoyed by whites - came into being and h...
Finding religion in video games?
Published in:New Media & Society
Publication date:2016-04-21What's it about?In this article we demonstrate how players of video games - using World of Warcraft as a case study - engage with religion in the game world. Playe...
Why is it so difficult for women to become metal musicians?
Published in:IASPM Journal
Publication date:2014-02-18What's it about?Metal music tends to be a boy's world: both numerically and symbolically, metal music is predominantly male. Although many people tend to think so,...
Empowering female metal musicians through YouTube?
Published in:Metal Music Studies
Publication date:2015-09-01What's it about?Metal music tends to be a boy's world: both numerically and symbolically, metal music is predominantly male. Although many people tend to think so,...