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Sterling, Marvin D., 1969-

Babylon East : performing, dancehall, roots reggae, and Rastafari in Japan / Marvin D. Sterling. - Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010. - xiv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index.

The politics of presence : performing blackness in Japan -- Music and orality : authenticity in Japanese sound system culture -- Fashion and dance : performing gender in Japan's reggae dance scene -- Body and spirit : Rastafarian consciousness in rural Japan -- Text and image : bad Jamaicans, tough Japanese, and the third world "search for self" -- Jamaican perspectives on Jamaican culture in Japan.

ISBN: 9780822347057 0822347059 9780822347224 0822347229

LCCN: 2010000608

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB055858 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015541265 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rastafari movement--Japan.
Popular culture--Japan.
Subculture--Japan.
Rastafari movement--Japan.
Popular culture--Japan.
Subculture--Japan.
Manners and customs.
Popular culture.
Rastafari movement.
Subculture.
Kulturaustausch
Musik
Musikethnologie
Subkultur
Dance hall
Reggae
Rastafari movement.
Popular culture.
Subculture.
Popular music.
Roots reggae.
Rastafari--Japan.
Dancehall.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Japan--Social life and customs.
Japan--Social life and customs.
Japan.
Japan.
Jamaika
Japan.
Japan.

Subjects--Index Terms: Japan--Social life and customs. Popular culture--Japan. Rastafari movement--Japan. Subculture--Japan.

LC Class. No.: BL2532.R7 / S74 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 306.4/842460952