Sound Clash : Jamaican Dancehall Culture at Large Paperback / softback
by C. Cooper
Paperback / softback
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 dismissed by old-school roots reggae fans as a raucous degeneration of classic Jamaican popular music.
In this provocative study of dancehall culture, Cooper offers a sympathetic account of the philosophy of a wide range of dancehall DJs: Shabba Ranks, Lady Saw, Ninjaman, Capleton, Buju Banton, Anthony B and Apache Indian.
Cooper also demonstrates the ways in which the language of dancehall culture, often devalued as mere 'noise,' articulates a complex understanding of the border clashes which characterize Jamaican society, and analyzes the sound clashes that erupt in the movement of Jamaican dancehall culture across national borders.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:348 pages, 12 Illustrations, black and white; X, 348 p. 12 illus.
- Publisher:Palgrave USA
- Publication Date:12/10/2004
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- ISBN:9781403964243
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:348 pages, 12 Illustrations, black and white; X, 348 p. 12 illus.
- Publisher:Palgrave USA
- Publication Date:12/10/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9781403964243
