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Stanley Niaah, Sonjah, 1970-

Dancehall : from slave ship to ghetto / Sonjah Stanley Niaah. - Ottawa [Ont.] : University of Ottawa Press, ©2010 - 1 online resource (238 pages : illustrations - African and diasporic studies . - African and diasporic studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Out of many ... one dancehall -- Introducing performance geography -- Performing geography in Kingston's dancehall spaces -- Ritual space, celebratory space -- Geographies of embodiment -- dance, status, style -- Performing boundarylessness -- A common transnational space.

Taking Jamaican dancehall music as its prime example, this title reveals a complex web of cultural practices, politics, rituals, philosophies, and survival strategies that link Caribbean, African and African diasporic performance.


English.

ISBN: 9780776619057 (electronic bk.) 0776619055 (electronic bk.) 9780776619040 (e-book) 0776619047 (bound) (pbk.)

Source: 22573/ctt1ckm3qv JSTOR

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Dancehall (Music)--Social aspects--Jamaica--Kingston.
Dancehall (Music)--Jamaica--Kingston.
Popular culture--Jamaica--Kingston.
Inner cities--Jamaica--Kingston.
Quartiers défavorisés--Jamaïque--Kingston.
Culture populaire--Jamaïque--Kingston.
Dancehall (Musique)--Jamaïque--Kingston.
Dancehall (Musique)--Aspect social--Jamaïque--Kingston.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--African American Studies.
Dancehall (Music)
Inner cities.
Popular culture.
Social conditions.
Dance hall
Pop-Kultur

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kingston (Jamaica)--Social conditions.
Kingston (Jamaïque)--Conditions sociales.
Jamaica--Kingston.
Kingston

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F1874 / .S72 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 306.4/84246097292