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What Are You Doing Here?, November 2012
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
By: Laina Dawes

A Black Woman's Life And Liberation In Heavy Metal

Bazillion Points
November 2012
On Sale: November 7, 2012
224 pages
ISBN: 1935950053
EAN: 9781935950059
Kindle: B00A4D11A6
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Non-Fiction Memoir

Laina Dawes is not always the only black woman at metal shows, and she's not always the only headbanger among her black female friends. In her first book, the Canadian critic and music fan questions herself, her headbanging heroes, and dozens of black punk, metal, and hard rock fans to answer the knee-jerk question she's heard a hundred times in the small clubs where her favorite bands play: "What are you doing here?"

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