C Cooper

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Sound Clash: Jamaican Dancehall Culture at Large (2004)Hardcover - 2004, 12 October 2004

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Print Length
348 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Date Published
12 Oct 2004
ISBN-10
1403964254
ISBN-13
9781403964250

Description

Megawattage sound systems have blasted the electronically enhanced riddims and tongue-twisting lyrics of Jamaica's dancehall DJs across the globe. This high-energy raggamuffin music is often dissed by old-school roots reggae fans as a raucous degeneration of classic Jamaican popular music. In this provocative study of dancehall culture Carolyn Cooper, Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, offers a sympathetic account of the philosophy of a wide range of dancehall DJs: Shabba Ranks, Lady Saw, Ninjaman, Capleton, Buju Banton, Anthony B, Apache Indian. She demonstrates the ways in which the language of dancehall culture, often devalued as mere 'noise, ' articulates a complex understanding of the border clashes that characterise Jamaican society. Cooper also analyses the sound clashes that erupt in the movement of Jamaican dancehall culture across national borders

Product Details

Author:
C Cooper
Book Edition:
2004
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
12 October 2004
Dimensions:
21.59 x 14.27 x 2.95 cm
Genre:
Caribbean
ISBN-10:
1403964254
ISBN-13:
9781403964250
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
348
Weight:
512.56 gm

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