Sound Clash: Jamaican Dancehall Culture at Large (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403964250)

Megawattage sound systems have blasted the electronically-enhanced riddims and tongue-twisting lyrics of Jamaica's dancehall DJs across the globe. This high-energy raggamuffin music is often dismissed by old-school roots reggae fans as a raucous degeneration of classic Jamaican popular music. In this provocative study of dancehall culture, Cooper offers a sympathetic account of the philosophy of a wide range of dancehall DJs: Shabba Ranks, Lady Saw, Ninjaman, Capleton, Buju Banton, Anthony B and Apache Indian. Cooper also demonstrates the ways in which the language of dancehall culture, often devalued as mere 'noise, ' articulates a complex understanding of the border clashes which characterize Jamaican society, and analyzes the sound clashes that erupt in the movement of Jamaican dancehall culture across national borders

Author: C. Cooper
ISBN-10: 1403964254
ISBN-13: 9781403964250
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 10/12/2004
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.62w x 1.16d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/07/2004 pg. 44