Raggamuffin Cultural Studies: X-Press Novels' Yardies and Cop Killers Put Britain On Trial

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Collins,Loretta (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    mar 2001
    Published:
    Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism
    Journal Title Details:
    5(1) : 70-97
    Notes:
    Examines the representations of Jamaican dancehall culture and Yardies in British journalism and in two novels published by X-Press publishing firm. Analysis of the novels Yardie, by Victor Headley and Cop Killer, by Donald Gorgon; Discussion on the Jamaican dancehall music and the raggamuffin or ragga consciousness; Discussion on the symbolic location of Jamaican youth in British discourses.;

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