Wake the town & tell the people : dancehall culture in Jamaica / Norman C. Stolzoff.

By:

Stolzoff, Norman C, 1966-

Publication details: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2000.Description: xxviii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0822325144
9780822325147
0822324784
9780822324782
0823245144
9780823245147

Other title:

Wake the town and tell the people

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Additional physical formats: Wake the town & tell the people.DDC classification:

306.4/84 21

LOC classification:

ML3486.J3 S76 2000

Other classification:

71.50
9,2
LB 61640
LC 88640
LQ 89900
LS 48900

Contents:

Dancehall culture in Jamaica: an introduction -- "From way back when": the dancehall from slavery to World War II -- "Talking blues": the rise of the sound system -- "Get up, stand up": the dancehall in post-independence Jamaica -- The dub market: the recording studio and the production of dancehall culture -- "I'm like a gunshot heading toward a target": the career trajectory of the dancehall entertainer -- "Run come inna the dance": the dancehall performance -- The politics of dancehall cutlure: a conclusion.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index.

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