Inna di dancehall : popular culture and the politics of identity in Jamaica / Donna P. Hope.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hope, Donna P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music and dance--Jamaica--History.

Music and dance.

Reggae music--Jamaica.

Reggae music.

Popular culture--Jamaica.

Popular culture.

Dance halls--Social aspects--Jamaica.

Dance halls.

Popular music--Jamaica.

Popular music.

Women dancers--Sexual behavior--Jamaica.

Women dancers.

Violence--Jamaica.

Violence.

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jamaica : University of the Wet Indies Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work provides an accessible account of a poorly understood aspect of Jamaican popular culture. It explores the socio-political meanings of Jamaica's dancehall culture. In particular, the book gives an account of the power relations within the dancehall and between the dancehall and the wider Jamaican society. Hope gives the reader an unmatched insider's view and explanation of power, violence and gender relations in Jamaica as seen through the prism of the dancehall.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Setting the Dancehall Stage: The Historical Moment

Defining the Dancehall

"Love Punaany Bad": Sexuality and Gender in the Dancehall

Bigging Up Dons and Shottas: Violence in the Dancehall

Identity Politics inna the Belly of the Dancehall

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 22, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4356-3089-0

OCLC:

212625486