Noises in the blood : orality, gender, and the "vulgar" body of Jamaican popular culture / Carolyn Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Carolyn, 1950-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--Jamaica.

Popular culture.

English language--Jamaica.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The language of Jamaican popular culture-its folklore, idioms, music, poetry, song-even when written is based on a tradition of sound, an orality that has often been denigrated as not worthy of serious study. In Noises in the Blood, Carolyn Cooper critically examines the dismissed discourse of Jamaica's vibrant popular culture and reclaims these cultural forms, both oral and textual, from an undeserved neglect.Cooper's exploration of Jamaican popular culture covers a wide range of topics, including Bob Marley's lyrics, the performance poetry of Louise Bennett, Mikey Smith, and

Contents:

Introduction: Oral sexual discourse in Jamaican popular culture

'Me know no law, me know no sin': transgressive identities and the voice of innocence: the historical context

'Culture an tradition an birthright': proverb as metaphor in the poetry of Louise Bennett

That cunny Jarnma oman: representations of female sensibility in the poetry of Louise Bennett

Words unbroken by the beat: the performance poetry of Jean Binta Breeze and Mikey Smith

Writing oral history: Sistren Theatre Collective's Lionheart Gal

Country come to town: Michael Thelwell's The Harder They Come

Chanting down Babylon: Bob Marley's song as literary text

Slackness hiding from culture: erotic play in the dancehall

From 'centre' to 'margin': turning history upside down

Appendix 1. Proverbs from Louise Bennett

Appendix 2. Jamaican proverbs: a gender perspective.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-209) and index.

Discography: p. 209.

ISBN:

9786613062444

9781283062442

1283062445

9780822381921

0822381923

OCLC:

850214475