Wake the town & tell the people : dancehall culture in Jamaica

Norman C. Stolzoff

Jamaican dancehall has long been one of the most vital and influential cultural and artistic forces within contemporary global music. "Wake the Town and Tell the People" presents, for the first time, a lively, nuanced, and comprehensive view of this musical and cultural phenomenon: its growth and historical role within Jamaican society, its economy of star making, its technology of production, its performative practices, and its capacity to channel political beliefs through popular culture in ways that are urgent, tangible, and lasting. Norman C. Stolzoff brings a fan's enthusiasm to his broad perspective on dancehall, providing extensive interviews, original photographs, and anthropological analysis from eighteen months of fieldwork in Kingston.Stolzoff argues that this enormously popular musical genre expresses deep conflicts within Jamaican society, not only along lines of class, race, gender, sexuality, and religion but also between different factions struggling to gain control of the island nation's political culture. Dancehall culture thus remains a key arena where the future of this volatile nation is shaped. As his argument unfolds, Stolzoff traces the history of Jamaican music from its roots in the late eighteenth century to 1945, from the addition of sound systems and technology during the mid-forties to early sixties, and finally through the post-independence years from the early sixties to the present. "Wake the Town and Tell the People" offers a general introduction for those interested in dancehall music and culture. For the fan or musicologist, it will serve as a comprehensive reference book.

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Jamaican dancehall has long been one of the most vital and influential cultural and artistic forces within contemporary global music. "Wake the Town and Tell the People" presents, for the first time, a lively, nuanced, and comprehensive view of this musical and cultural phenomenon: its growth and historical role within Jamaican society, its economy of star making, its technology of production, its performative practices, and its capacity to channel political beliefs through popular culture in ways that are urgent, tangible, and lasting. Norman C. Stolzoff brings a fan's enthusiasm to his broad perspective on dancehall, providing extensive interviews, original photographs, and anthropological analysis from eighteen months of fieldwork in Kingston. Stolzoff argues that this enormously popular musical genre expresses deep conflicts within Jamaican society, not only along lines of class, race, gender, sexuality, and religion but also between different factions struggling to gain control of the island nation's political culture. Dancehall culture thus remains a key arena where the future of this volatile nation is shaped. As his argument unfolds, Stolzoff traces the history of Jamaican music from its roots in the late eighteenth century to 1945, from the addition of sound systems and technology during the mid-forties to early sixties, and finally through the post-independence years from the early sixties to the present. "Wake the Town and Tell the People" offers a general introduction for those interested in dancehall music and culture. For the fan or musicologist, it will serve as a comprehensive reference book.

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  • Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Dancehall Culture in Jamaica: An Introduction 2. "From Way Back When": The Dancehall from Slavery to World War II 3. "Talking Blues": The Rise of the Sound System 4. "Get Up, Stand Up": The Dancehall in Post Independence Jamaica 5. The Dub Market: The Recording Studio and the Production of Dancehall Culture 6. "Like a Gun Shot Heading Toward a Target": The Career Trajectory of a Dancehall 7. "Run Come Inna the Dance": The Dancehall Performance 8. The Politics of Dancehall Culture: An Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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  • Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Dancehall Culture in Jamaica: An Introduction 2. "From Way Back When": The Dancehall from Slavery to World War II 3. "Talking Blues": The Rise of the Sound System 4. "Get Up, Stand Up": The Dancehall in Post Independence Jamaica 5. The Dub Market: The Recording Studio and the Production of Dancehall Culture 6. "Like a Gun Shot Heading Toward a Target": The Career Trajectory of a Dancehall 7. "Run Come Inna the Dance": The Dancehall Performance 8. The Politics of Dancehall Culture: An Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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書名 Wake the town & tell the people : dancehall culture in Jamaica
著作者等 Stolzoff Norman C.
書名別名 Wake the town and tell the people
出版元 Duke University Press
刊行年月 2000
ページ数 xxviii, 298 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 0822325144
0822324784
NCID BA49505606
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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