Narratives from Beyond the UK Reggae Bassline : The System is Sound Paperback / softback
Edited by William 'Lez' Henry, Matthew Worley
Part of the Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music series
Paperback / softback
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This book explores the history of reggae in modern Britain from the time it emerged as a cultural force in the 1970s.
As basslines from Jamaica reverberated across the Atlantic, so they were received and transmitted by the UK’s Afro-Caribbean community.
From roots to lovers’ rock, from deejays harnessing the dancehall crowd to dub poets reporting back from the socio-economic front line, British reggae soundtracked the inner-city experience of black youth.
In time, reggae’s influence permeated the wider culture, informing the sounds and the language of popular music whilst also retaining a connection to the street-level sound systems, clubs and centres that provided space to create, protest and innovate.
This book is therefore a testament to struggle and ingenuity, a collection of essays tracing reggae’s importance to both the culture and the politics of late twentieth and early twenty-first century Britain.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 2 Illustrations, color; 16 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 320 p. 18 illus., 2 illu
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:27/11/2021
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- ISBN:9783030551636
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- Pages:320 pages, 2 Illustrations, color; 16 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 320 p. 18 illus., 2 illu
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- Publication Date:27/11/2021
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- ISBN:9783030551636
