Roots of Jamaican Culture
Author: Mervyn C. Alleyne
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 216
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Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Mervyn Alleyne
Publisher: Partners Publishing Group
Published: 1996-09-01
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780948390081
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Leonard E. Barrett
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stephen Foehr
Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 254
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Travel writer and historian Stephen Foehr examines the historical, cultural and political influences that helped an island of two million people create the international music phenomenon of reggae and its associated forms. Photos.
Author: Kathleen E. A. Monteith
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9789766401085
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Jamaica's rich history has been the subject of many books, articles and papers. This collection of eighteen original essays considers aspects of Jamaican history not covered in more general histories of the island, and illluminates more recent developments in Jamaican and West Indian history." "Unique in its interdisciplinary approach, the collection emphasizes the relevance of history to everyday life and the development of a national identity, culture and economy. The essays are organized in three sections: Historiography and Sources; Society, Culture and Heritage; and Economy, Labour and Politics, with contributions from scholars in the Departments of History, Literatures in English and Political Sciences and from the Main Library, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica." -- Book Jacket.
Author: Stuart Baker
Publisher:
Published: 2023-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781916359833
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The acclaimed, definitive and essential guide to 1980s Jamaican Dancehall--featuring hundreds of photographs with interviews and biographies This widely admired book, back in print with a new introduction, captures a previously unseen era of musical culture, fashion and lifestyle. With unprecedented access to the incredibly vibrant music scene during this period, Beth Lesser's photographs are a unique way into a previously hidden part of Jamaican culture. Born in the 1950s out of the neighborhood sound systems of Kingston, Dancehall grew to its height in the 1980s before a massive influx of drugs and guns made the scene too dangerous for many. Dancehall is a culture that encompasses music, fashion, drugs, guns, art, community, technology and more. Many of today's music and fashion styles can be traced back to Dancehall culture and continue to be influenced by it today. Dancehall is an essential reference book for anyone interested in reggae, as well as a unique photographic and textual sourcebook of the musical, cultural and political life of Jamaica. In the early 1980s, as Jamaica was in the throes of political and gang violence, Beth Lesser ventured where few other dared, documenting the producers, singers, DJs and sound systems who all made a living out of the slums of Kingston. This book is a thrilling record of the exciting, dangerous and vibrant world of Dancehall.
Author: Deborah A. Thomas
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2004-11-29
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780822334194
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Author: Norman C. Stolzoff
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780822325147
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An ethnography of Dancehall, the dominant form of reggae music in Jamica since the early 1960s.