Global reggae / edited by Carolyn Cooper.

"This distinctive collection on reggae music in trans/national perspective comprises the fourteen plenary lectures that were delivered at the historic conference "Global reggae" convened at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica in February 2008"--Page 1.

Jamaican popular music : A yard and abroad / Carolyn Cooper -- Reggae as black space / Erna Brodber -- From mento to ska and reggae to dancehall / Peter Ashbourne -- The impact of Jamaican music in Britain / Amon Saba Saakana -- The evolution of reggae in Europe with a focus on Germany / Ellen Koehlings and Pete Lilly -- 6 Reggae in Cuba and the Hispanic Caribbean / Samuel Fur e Davis -- Reggae in the French Caribbean / Teddy Isimat-Mirin -- Reggae music documentaries in Brazil / Leonardo Vidigal -- Reggae music in the bloodstream / Roger Steffens -- The journey of reggae in Canada / Klive Walker -- Reggae griots in francophone Africa / Cheikh Ahmadou Dieng -- Roots, diaspora and possible Africas / Louis Chude-Sokei -- Gender, class and race in Japanese dancehall culture / Marvin D. Sterling -- Oceanic reggae / Brent Clough -- Dub : electronic music and sound experimentation / Michael Veal -- Reggae studies at the University of the West Indies / Carolyn Cooper -- Entertainment and cultural enterprise management / Kam-Au Amen.

Includes bibliographical references (page 300).

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