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Culture at the Cutting Edge
Curwen Best
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Description for Culture at the Cutting Edge
Paperback. Covering the Caribbean region as a whole, this book addresses such topics as the status of Caribbean gospel; the birth of new musical styles in the Eastern Caribbean; cultural misrepresentation in Caribbean music videos; and the representation of Aids in Caribbean music. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
The anglophone Caribbean has long been celebrated and known for its vibrant and innovative music. Reggae, dancehall, calypso, soca, gospel and ringbang have flourished within the Caribbean and have exploded on the worldwide stage. Somewhat surprisingly, many facets of this contribution have not been analysed or discussed by academic writing. This work deliberately moves away from the customary exclusive focus on Trinidad and Jamaica and broadens the discourse to represent the wider region. It addresses such topics as the status of Caribbean gospel; the birth of new musical styles in the Eastern Caribbean; cultural misrepresentation in Caribbean music videos; the ... Read more
The anglophone Caribbean has long been celebrated and known for its vibrant and innovative music. Reggae, dancehall, calypso, soca, gospel and ringbang have flourished within the Caribbean and have exploded on the worldwide stage. Somewhat surprisingly, many facets of this contribution have not been analysed or discussed by academic writing. This work deliberately moves away from the customary exclusive focus on Trinidad and Jamaica and broadens the discourse to represent the wider region. It addresses such topics as the status of Caribbean gospel; the birth of new musical styles in the Eastern Caribbean; cultural misrepresentation in Caribbean music videos; the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Kingston, Jamaica
ISBN
9789766401245
SKU
V9789766401245
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About Curwen Best
Curwen Best is Lecturer, University of the West Indies, Barbados. He is the author of Barbadian Popular Music and Roots to Popular Culture.
Reviews for Culture at the Cutting Edge
"Significant...because of its attempt to foreground technology as an agent of cultural transformation in the Caribbean music industry. Using the metaphor of 'multi-tracking,' the author argues for the deconstruction of musical texts to reveal their technical and ideological constituents. The analysis of the music video as a hybrid cultural text worthy of academic attention is a particularly welcome contribution to ... Read more