Dancehall : the rise of Jamaican dancehall culture /

ISBN:

Call Number:

Keywords:

Notes:

Title from cover.First published in 2008 by Soul Jazz Publishing.Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreward / Duro Olowu -- Dancehall : an introduction -- The 1970s -- 50 essential dancehall records of the 80s -- A dancehall session -- Channel One -- Dancehall new style -- 1980s sounds : slackness and culture -- 1980s sound systems -- Fashions in the 1980s -- Specials ; dance cassettes ; radio -- Dancehall becomes official -- Digital dancehall -- The second half of the 1980s -- The decline and fall of dancehall -- Women breaking into a man's world -- US and UK dancehall."Dancehall is at the centre of Jamaican musical and cultural life. From its roots in Kingston in the 1950s to its heyday in the 1980s, Dancehall has gone on to conquer the globe, spreading to the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, Europe and beyond. It is a culture that encompass music, fasion, drugs, gun, art, community, technology and more. Many contemporary global music and fashion styles can be traced back to Dancehall and continue to be influenced by it today. Born out of the neighbourhood jams 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 an essential reference book for anyone interested in Reggae, as well as a unique photographic and textural source book of the musical, cultural and political life of Jamaica. This jam-packed visual history and text tells the story from its roots to its heights from that rare vantage point of the true, respected insider. In the early 1980s as Jamaica was in the throes of political and gang violence Beth Lesser ventured where few others dared and this book is a never before seen record of the exciting, vibrant and sometimes dangerous world of Dancehall."-- Back cover.