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Sound Clash

Jamaican Dancehall Culture at Large

Produktform: E-Buch Text Elektronisches Buch in proprietärem

Megawattage sound systems have blasted the electronically-enhanced riddims and tongue-twisting lyrics of Jamaica's dancehall DJs across the globe. This high-energy raggamuffin music is often dismissed by old-school roots reggae fans as a raucous degeneration of classic Jamaican popular music. In this provocative study of dancehall culture, Cooper offers a sympathetic account of the philosophy of a wide range of dancehall DJs: Shabba Ranks, Lady Saw, Ninjaman, Capleton, Buju Banton, Anthony B and Apache Indian. Cooper also demonstrates the ways in which the language of dancehall culture, often devalued as mere 'noise,' articulates a complex understanding of the border clashes which characterize Jamaican society, and analyzes the sound clashes that erupt in the movement of Jamaican dancehall culture across national borders.weiterlesen

Elektronisches Format: PDF

Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-1-4039-8260-5 / 978-1403982605 / 9781403982605

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Erscheinungsdatum: 14.09.2004

Seiten: 348

Autor(en): C. Cooper

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