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Sounds of the Citizens: Dancehall and Community in Jamaica
Anne M. Galvin
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Description for Sounds of the Citizens: Dancehall and Community in Jamaica
Hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Dancehall: It's simultaneously a source of raucous energy in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica; a way of life for a group of professional artists and music professionals; and a force of stability and tension within the community. Electronically influenced, relevant to urban Jamaicans and highly danceable, dancehall music and culture forms a core of popular entertainment in the nation. As Anne Galvin reveals in Sounds of the Citizens, the rhythms of dancehall music reverberate in complicated ways throughout the lives of countless Jamaicans.
Galvin highlights the unique alliance between the dancehall industry and community development efforts. As the central ... Read more
Dancehall: It's simultaneously a source of raucous energy in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica; a way of life for a group of professional artists and music professionals; and a force of stability and tension within the community. Electronically influenced, relevant to urban Jamaicans and highly danceable, dancehall music and culture forms a core of popular entertainment in the nation. As Anne Galvin reveals in Sounds of the Citizens, the rhythms of dancehall music reverberate in complicated ways throughout the lives of countless Jamaicans.
Galvin highlights the unique alliance between the dancehall industry and community development efforts. As the central ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Tennessee, United States
ISBN
9780826519788
SKU
V9780826519788
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About Anne M. Galvin
Anne M. Galvin is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at St. John's University.
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