Time and memory in reggae music : the politics of hope /

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On the basis of a body of reggae songs from the 1970s and the late 1990s, this book offers a sociological analysis of memory hope and redemption in reggae music.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Daynes, Sarah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester, UK ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Music and society (Series)
Subjects:
Reggae music > History and criticism.
Reggae music > Social aspects.
Time in music.
Reggae > Histoire et critique.
Reggae > Aspect social.
Temps dans la musique.
MUSIC > Printed Music > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Reggae music.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A Study in Elective Affinity: Music, Religion, Memory: Reggae and Rastafari: a short history; Interpreting songs: notes on methodology; A diachronic analysis of Jamaican reggae charts, 1968-2000; The construction of a musical memory
  • Remembering the Past: Slavery and the diaspora: temporal and spatial articulations; The construction of a religious chain of memory
  • Revealing the Future: Messianism, between past and future; Hope and redemption; The eschatology as future-present; The construction of a socio-political memory
  • From Revelation to Revolution. Rhetoric of oppression and social critique; Only rasta can liberate the people: resistance and revolution
  • Conclusion: Time and memory
  • Annex 1. List of songs mentioned, by artist
  • Annex 2. Albums in the corpus.

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