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Return of the Rudeboy
Dean Chalkley
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Description for Return of the Rudeboy
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 238 x 15. Weight in Grams: 934.
Originating from the streets of Kingston, Jamaica in the late 1950s, Rudeboy or Rudie came to represent the young rebels who wore distinctively sharp sartorial styles such as Mohair suits, thin ties and pork pie hats. The style was closely connected to the music movements of the time; their initial inspiration derived from American Jazz and R&B musicians as well as some notorious gangsters. As is prevalent in the Rudeboy culture, the origins were appropriated and then twisted. The Rudeboy has travelled through time since then and evolved; in the 1980s, Two-Tone brought it right back into the frame. Now ... Read more
Originating from the streets of Kingston, Jamaica in the late 1950s, Rudeboy or Rudie came to represent the young rebels who wore distinctively sharp sartorial styles such as Mohair suits, thin ties and pork pie hats. The style was closely connected to the music movements of the time; their initial inspiration derived from American Jazz and R&B musicians as well as some notorious gangsters. As is prevalent in the Rudeboy culture, the origins were appropriated and then twisted. The Rudeboy has travelled through time since then and evolved; in the 1980s, Two-Tone brought it right back into the frame. Now ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Return of the Rudeboy Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780993201103
SKU
V9780993201103
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99-27
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