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Vibes Up : Reggae and Afro-Caribbean Migration from Costa Rica to Brooklyn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCoy-Torres, Sabia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Group identity--Caribbean Area.
- Group identity.
- Reggae music--Social aspects.
- Reggae music.
- West Indians--Costa Rica--Social conditions.
- West Indians.
- West Indians--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.
- New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Costa Rica.
- Caribbean Area.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).
- Costa Rica--Social life and customs.
- Caribbean Area--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "This book focuses on reggae/dancehall culture and West Indian historic and contemporary migration to Costa Rica and Brooklyn. It centers an analysis of migration, diaspora, queerness, Blackness, affect, and Caribbean cultural subjectivity using reggae/dancehall culture as an ethnographic lens. The author unveils underexplored forms of resistance, negotiations of gender and sexuality, and creation of informal cultural institutions with transnational ties"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Caribbean migration
- Caribbean feeling
- Caribbean becoming
- Caribbean consciousness
- Caribbean recognition
- Caribbean joy
- Caribbean erotics
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: McCoy-Torres, Sabia Vibes Up
- ISBN:
- 9781479827206
- OCLC:
- 1441720057
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