Global reggae / edited by Carolyn Cooper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooper, Carolyn, 1950- editor of compilation, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--Jamaica--Congresses.

Popular music.

Reggae music--History--Congresses.

Reggae music.

History.

Jamaica.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

328 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jamaica : Canoe Press, 2012.

Summary:

The languages of Jamaican popular music, both literal and metaphorical, are first imitated in pursuit of an undeniable "originality". Over time, as the music is indigenized, the Jamaican model loses its authority to varying degrees. The revolutionary ethos of reggae music is translated into local languages that articulate the particular politics of new cultural contexts. Echoes of the Jamaican source gradually fade. But new hybrid sounds return to their Jamaican origins, engendering polyvocal, cross-cultural dialogue. The contributors to this definitive volume lucidly articulate a cultural politics that acknowledges the far-reaching creativity of small-islanders with ancestral memories of continents of origin. The globalization of reggae music and its "wild child" dancehall is, indeed, an affirmation of the unquantifiable potential of the Jamaican people to reclaim identities and establish ties of affiliation that are not circumscribed by the Caribbean Sea: To the world! Book jacket.

Contents:

Jamaican popular music : A yard and abroad / Carolyn Cooper

Reggae as black space / Erna Brodber

From mento to ska and reggae to dancehall / Peter Ashbourne

The impact of Jamaican music in Britain / Amon Saba Saakana

The evolution of reggae in Europe with a focus on Germany / Ellen Koehlings and Pete Lilly

6 Reggae in Cuba and the Hispanic Caribbean / Samuel Furé Davis

Reggae in the French Caribbean / Teddy Isimat-Mirin

Reggae music documentaries in Brazil / Leonardo Vidigal

Reggae music in the bloodstream / Roger Steffens

The journey of reggae in Canada / Klive Walker

Reggae griots in francophone Africa / Cheikh Ahmadou Dieng

Roots, diaspora and possible Africas / Louis Chude-Sokei

Gender, class and race in Japanese dancehall culture / Marvin D. Sterling

Oceanic reggae / Brent Clough

Dub : electronic music and sound experimentation / Michael Veal

Reggae studies at the University of the West Indies / Carolyn Cooper

Entertainment and cultural enterprise management / Kam-Au Amen.

Notes:

"This distinctive collection on reggae music in trans/national perspective comprises the fourteen plenary lectures that were delivered at the historic conference "Global reggae" convened at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica in February 2008"-- Page 1.

ISBN:

9768125969

9789768125965

OCLC:

811601012

Publisher Number:

99954093380