Inna di Dancehall: Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Hope,Donna P. (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2006
    WorldCat URL:
    http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9789766401689
    Language:
    Spanish
    Published:
    Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    ISBN:
    9766401683; 9789766401689
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Jamaica, Women, Popular culture, Reggae music, Violence, Sex role, Sexual behavior, and Dance halls
    Notes:
    168 p., Provides an accessible account of a poorly understood aspect of Jamaican popular culture. It explores the socio-political meanings of Jamaica's dancehall culture. In particular, the book gives an account of the power relations within the dancehall and between the dancehall and the wider Jamaican society.

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