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Babylon East : performing dancehall, roots reggae, and Rastafari in Japan / Marvin D. Sterling.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sterling, Marvin D., 1969-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rastafari movement--Japan.
- Rastafari movement.
- Popular culture--Japan.
- Popular culture.
- Subculture--Japan.
- Subculture.
- Japan--Social life and customs.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An ethnographic analysis of the Japanese embrace of dancehall reggae and other elements of Jamaican culture, including Rastafari, roots reggae, and dub music.
- Contents:
- The politics of presence : performing blackness in Japan
- Music and orality : authenticity in Japanese sound system culture
- Fashion and dance : performing gender in Japan's reggae dance scene
- Body and spirit : Rastafarian consciousness in rural Japan
- Text and image : bad Jamaicans, tough Japanese, and the third world "search for self"
- Jamaican perspectives on Jamaican culture in Japan.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-280) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613065575
- 9781283065573
- 1283065576
- 9780822392736
- 0822392739
- OCLC:
- 644653625
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