Description
Reggae and Dancehall music and culture have travelled far beyond the shores of the tiny island of Jamaica to find their respective places as new genres of music and lifestyle.
In Reggae from Yaad, Donna Hope pulls together a remarkable cast of contributors offering contemporary interpretations of the history, culture, significance and social dynamics of Jamaican Popular Music from varying geographical and disciplinary locations. From Alan ‘Skill’ Cole’s lively and frank account of the Bob Marley he knew and David Katz’s conversation with veteran music producers Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee, King Jammy and Bobby Digital; to Heather Augustyn and Shara Rambarran who both explore the role of music in the relationship between Britain and Jamaica in the post-independence 1960s, the contributors bring a new dimension to the discussion on the impact of Jamaican music.
Drawn from a selection of presentations at the 2013 International Reggae Conference in Kingston, Jamaica, Reggae from Yaad continues the ever-evolving discourse on the meaning behind the music and the cultural and social developments that inform Jamaican Popular Music.
Contributors:
Heather Augustyn – Winston C. Campbell – Alan ‘Skill’ Cole – Brent Hagerman – Patrick Helber – Donna P. Hope – David Katz – Anna Kasafi Perkins – Shara Rambarran – José Luis Fanjul Rivero – Livingston A. White
About the Author
Donna P. Hope is a Cultural Analyst, and Director and Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Caribbean Studies and the Reggae Studies Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona. Her previous publications include International Reggae: current and Future Trends in Jamaican Popular Music (2013), Man Vibes: Masculinities in the Jamaican Dancehall (2010) and Inna di Dancehall: Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica (2006).
Contents
Introduction
Donna P. Hope
Section 1 – Legendary Reasonings
- ‘Bob Marley: The Man that I Know’
Alan ‘Skill’ Cole Transcribed and verified by Donna P. Hope
- ‘Production Something’: David Katz in Conversation with Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee, King Jammy and Bobby Digital
Section 2 – Discourses Beyond Yaad
- Expressions of Reggae in Havana: Processes of Foreign Influence and Cultural Appropriation
José Luis Fanjul Rivera
- ‘You’ve got no time for me’: Martin ‘Sugar’ Merchant, British Caribbean Musical Identity and the Media
Shara Rambarran
Section 3 – Discursive Pathways in Jamaican Popular Music
- Freedom Sound: Music of Jamaica’s Independence
Heather Augustyn
- Your Name A Mention: Media Coverage of Clashes/Feuds in Jamaican Popular Music 1970– 2010
Donna P. Hope and Livingston A. White
- From Dub Plate to Dancehall: Versioning as an Analogue Template for Digital Reggae
Brent Hagerman
Section 4 – Dancehall Matters
- Between ‘Murder Music’ and ‘Gay Propaganda’: Policing Respectability in the Debate on Homophobic Dancehall
Patrick Helber
- Good, Good Goodas Gyal: Deconstructing the Virtuous Woman in Dancehall
Anna Kasafi Perkins
- The Lyrical Opus of Tommy Lee Sparta: Masculinity, Violence, Sexuality and Conflict Winston C. Campbell
Contributors
Index
