The Dancehall Years

Author : Joan Haggerty
Publisher : Mother Tongue Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Bowen Island (B.C.)
ISBN : 1896949541

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The Dancehall Years by Joan Haggerty Pdf

"This enriching, complex family saga and interracial drama brims with beautiful writing. It begins one summer on Bowen Island during the Depression and moves through Pearl Harbour and the evacuation of the Japanese and into the 1970s. Gwen Killam is a child on Bowen whose idyllic summers are obliterated by the outbreak of the war. Her swimming teacher, Takumi Yoshito, disappears along with his parents who are famous for their devotion to the Bowen Inn gardens. The Lower Mainland is in blackout, and so is the future of Gwen’s beloved Aunt Isabelle who must make an unthinkable sacrifice. The Bowen Island dancehall is well-known during the war as a moonlight cruise destination and it becomes an emotional landmark for time passing and remembered."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Nick Cannon
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250113252

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King of the Dancehall by Nick Cannon Pdf

From Nick Cannon comes an exhilarating coming of age and tumultuous love story of Tarzan Brixton that spans from the projects of Brooklyn to the shores of Jamaica. After being released from a 5 year prison sentence for an armed robbery gone sideways, he makes a vow to his dying mother to change his ways. With his mother’s medical bills piling up, the temptation of the criminal life becomes too real once again. His solution is to escape the rough streets of New York for the equally ruthless beaches of Kingston, Jamaica. He soon creates a drug running empire while falling in love with a beautiful Jamaican woman named Maya. It’s through Maya that Tarzan becomes captivated by the music, dance, and lifestyle of Jamaican Dancehall culture, which ultimately lifts him towards the path of righteousness.

Author : Bernard F. Conners
Publisher : British American Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0945167512

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Dancehall by Bernard F. Conners Pdf

On June 4, 1982, the body of a young woman surfaced from 300 feet of water in Lake Placid, New York. Because of the depth and intense cold of the water, the body which was determined by medical examiners to have been submerged for over twenty years, was remarkably well-preserved. At the time, the authorities were unable to establish the identity of the woman but concluded that her death had been violent.

Author : Julian Henriques
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781441149343

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Sonic Bodies by Julian Henriques Pdf

The reggae sound system has exerted a major influence on music and popular culture. Out on the streets of inner city Kingston, Jamaica, every night, sound systems stage dancehall sessions for the crowd to share the immediate, intensive and immersive visceral pleasures of sonic dominance. Sonic Bodies concentrates on the skilled performance of the crewmembers responsible for this signature sound of Jamaican music: the audio engineers designing, building and fine-tuning the hugely powerful "sets" of equipment; the selectors choosing the music tracks to play; and MCs(DJs) on the mic hyping up the crowd. Julian Henriques proposes that these dancehall "vibes" are taken literally as the periodic motion of vibrations. He offers an analysis of how a sound system operates - at auditory, corporeal and sociocultural frequencies. Sonic Bodies formulates a fascinating critique of visual dominance and the dualities inherent in ideas of image, text or discourse. This innovative book questions the assumptions that reason resides only in a disembodied mind, that communication is an exchange of information, and that meaning is only ever representation.

Author : Christopher Bateman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08
Category : Art, Jamaican
ISBN : 0956777376

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In Fine Style: the Dancehall Art of Wilfred Limonious by Christopher Bateman Pdf

During the 1980s Wilfred Limonious (1949--99) became one of Jamaican music's most prolific graphic artists, designing countless reggae album jackets and record-label logos. With silly characters, scribbled commentary and outrageous Patois-filled speech bubbles, the world he created was the perfect visual counterpart to the island's emerging dancehall scene.

Author : Norman C. Stolzoff
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Music
ISBN : 0822325144

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Wake the Town & Tell the People by Norman C. Stolzoff Pdf

An ethnography of Dancehall, the dominant form of reggae music in Jamica since the early 1960s.

Author : Stuart Borthwick
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781789145700

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Positive Vibrations by Stuart Borthwick Pdf

From Marcus Garvey and Rastafarianism to today’s ubiquitous dancehall riddims, a comprehensive and impassioned exploration of reggae. Positive Vibrations tells of how reggae was shaped by, and in turn helped to shape, the politics of Jamaica and beyond, from the rudies of Kingston to the sexual politics and narcotic allegiances of the dancehall. Insightful and full of incident, it explores how the music of a tiny Caribbean island has worked its way into the heart of global pop. From Marcus Garvey’s dreams of Zion, through ska and rocksteady, roots, riddims, and dub, the story closes with the Reggae Revival, a new generation of Rastas as comfortable riding rhythms in a dancehall style as they are singing sweet melodies from times gone by. Impeccably informed, vibrant, and heartfelt, Positive Vibrations is a passionate and exhaustive account of the politics in reggae, and the reggae in politics.

Author : Daniel Tate,Rob Bowman
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781459745438

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The Flyer Vault by Daniel Tate,Rob Bowman Pdf

The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History captures over 150 years of Toronto concert history through a visually stunning collection of flyers, posters, and advertisements.

Author : Patrick Wolfe
Publisher : Booktango
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468942231

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Zephyrs in the Dancehall by Patrick Wolfe Pdf

A pleasant read while in transit or alone on a dark night?

Author : Micah Locilento
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781550225235

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Shaggy by Micah Locilento Pdf

Publication date scheduled to coincide with Shaggy's tour taking place in November 2002. First and foremost I am a reggae artist,' insists Shaggy. Born Orville Richard Burrell, the mulit-platinum pop icon is a worldwide ambassador for reggae, but few know just how connected Shaggy is with Jamaican music. Delving into the musical trends that have evolved during Shaggy's formative years, the popularity of sound system 'deejays' and the influence of both 1970's reggae and Bob Marley, Locilento provides and insight into Shaggy's unique sound.'

Author : Nanabanyin Dadson
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Graphic Showbiz by Nanabanyin Dadson Pdf

Author : Stuart Baker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1916359833

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Dancehall: the Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture by Stuart Baker Pdf

The acclaimed, definitive and essential guide to 1980s Jamaican Dancehall--featuring hundreds of photographs with interviews and biographies This widely admired book, back in print with a new introduction, captures a previously unseen era of musical culture, fashion and lifestyle. With unprecedented access to the incredibly vibrant music scene during this period, Beth Lesser's photographs are a unique way into a previously hidden part of Jamaican culture. Born in the 1950s out of the neighborhood sound systems of Kingston, Dancehall grew to its height in the 1980s before a massive influx of drugs and guns made the scene too dangerous for many. Dancehall is a culture that encompasses music, fashion, drugs, guns, art, community, technology and more. Many of today's music and fashion styles can be traced back to Dancehall culture and continue to be influenced by it today. Dancehall is an essential reference book for anyone interested in reggae, as well as a unique photographic and textual sourcebook of the musical, cultural and political life of Jamaica. In the early 1980s, as Jamaica was in the throes of political and gang violence, Beth Lesser ventured where few other dared, documenting the producers, singers, DJs and sound systems who all made a living out of the slums of Kingston. This book is a thrilling record of the exciting, dangerous and vibrant world of Dancehall.

Author : Bert Cardullo
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780810885264

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European Directors and Their Films by Bert Cardullo Pdf

In European Directors and Their Films: Essays on Cinema, Bert Cardullo offers readable analyses of some of the most important film artists and individual films of the last several decades. Beyond simple biographical capsules and plot summaries, these readings demonstrate with elegance and clarity what cinema means as well as shows, explaining how international moviemakers use the resources of the medium to pursue complex, significant human goals.

Author : Larisa Kingston Mann
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469667256

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Rude Citizenship by Larisa Kingston Mann Pdf

In this deep dive into the Jamaican music world filled with the voices of creators, producers, and consumers, Larisa Kingston Mann—DJ, media law expert, and ethnographer—identifies how a culture of collaboration lies at the heart of Jamaican creative practices and legal personhood. In street dances, recording sessions, and global genres such as the riddim, notions of originality include reliance on shared knowledge and authorship as an interactive practice. In this context, musicians, music producers, and audiences are often resistant to conventional copyright practices. And this resistance, Mann shows, goes beyond cultural concerns. Because many working-class and poor people are cut off from the full benefits of citizenship on the basis of race, class, and geography, Jamaican music spaces are an important site of social commentary and political action in the face of the state's limited reach and neglect of social services and infrastructure. Music makers organize performance and commerce in ways that defy, though not without danger, state ordinances and intellectual property law and provide poor Jamaicans avenues for self-expression and self-definition that are closed off to them in the wider society. In a world shaped by coloniality, how creators relate to copyright reveals how people will play outside, within, and through the limits of their marginalization.

Author : Sabia McCoy-Torres
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781479827114

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Vibes Up by Sabia McCoy-Torres Pdf

"This book focuses on reggae/dancehall culture and West Indian historic and contemporary migration to Costa Rica and Brooklyn. It centers an analysis of migration, diaspora, queerness, Blackness, affect, and Caribbean cultural subjectivity using reggae/dancehall culture as an ethnographic lens. The author unveils underexplored forms of resistance, negotiations of gender and sexuality, and creation of informal cultural institutions with transnational ties"--