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Babylon East : Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan /

An ethnography of Japanese engagement with Jamaican performative culture, from roots reggae and Rasta to dancehall and reggae dance.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Sterling, Marvin D., 1969-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The politics of presence : performing blackness in Japan
  • Music and orality : authenticity in Japanese sound system culture
  • Fashion and dance : performing gender in Japan's reggae dance scene
  • Body and spirit : Rastafarian consciousness in rural Japan
  • Text and image : bad Jamaicans, tough Japanese, and the third world "search for self"
  • Jamaican perspectives on Jamaican culture in Japan.