Sounds of the Citizens: Dancehall and Community in Jamaica

Author:   Anne M. Galvin
Publisher:   Vanderbilt University Press
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9780826519795


Pages:   238
Publication Date:   28 February 2020
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Author:   Anne M. Galvin
Publisher:   Vanderbilt University Press
Imprint:   Vanderbilt University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.325kg
ISBN:  

9780826519795


ISBN 10:   0826519792
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   28 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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This is a richly researched book which promises to attract scholars and students interested in Jamaican politics and community development, dancehall culture, questions of violence and global inequalities, and gender and sexual identity formation. --Oneka LaBennett, author of She's Mad Real: Popular Culture and West Indian Girls in Brooklyn


"This is a richly researched book which promises to attract scholars and students interested in Jamaican politics and community development, dancehall culture, questions of violence and global inequalities, and gender and sexual identity formation.""- Oneka LaBennett, author of She's Mad Real: Popular Culture and West Indian Girls in Brooklyn ""Sounds of the Citizens offers a necessary, ethnographically grounded update to the substantial literature on Jamaican popular music and culture . . . [and] careful, caring context for apprehending the ways dancehall serves as a serious force in the lives of the communities from which it issues."" - Latin American Music Review ""This theoretically sophisticated, well‐researched book is a must read for graduate students, academics, and policy makers interested in Jamaican politics, dancehall culture, community development, globalization, and the long‐term impacts of neoliberalism on postcolonial societies."" - American Ethnologist"


This is a richly researched book which promises to attract scholars and students interested in Jamaican politics and community development, dancehall culture, questions of violence and global inequalities, and gender and sexual identity formation. --Oneka LaBennett, author of She's Mad Real: Popular Culture and West Indian Girls in Brooklyn


This is a richly researched book which promises to attract scholars and students interested in Jamaican politics and community development, dancehall culture, questions of violence and global inequalities, and gender and sexual identity formation. - Oneka LaBennett, author of She's Mad Real: Popular Culture and West Indian Girls in Brooklyn Sounds of the Citizens offers a necessary, ethnographically grounded update to the substantial literature on Jamaican popular music and culture . . . [and] careful, caring context for apprehending the ways dancehall serves as a serious force in the lives of the communities from which it issues. - Latin American Music Review This theoretically sophisticated, well-researched book is a must read for graduate students, academics, and policy makers interested in Jamaican politics, dancehall culture, community development, globalization, and the long-term impacts of neoliberalism on postcolonial societies. - American Ethnologist


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Anne M. Galvin is associate professor of anthropology at St. John's University in New York City.

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