NOISES IN THE BLOOD: ORALITY, GENDER AND THE VULGAR BODY OF JAMAICAN POPULAR CULTURE (WARWICK UNIVERSITY CARIBBEAN STUDIES)

Name: NOISES IN THE BLOOD: ORALITY, GENDER AND THE VULGAR BODY OF JAMAICAN POPULAR CULTURE (WARWICK UNIVERSITY CARIBBEAN STUDIES)
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ISBN: 9780333578247

ISBN-10: 0333578244

ISBN-13: 9780333578247

Edition: N/A

Authors: CAROLYN COOPER

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This volume examines the problem of the relationship between the written work and orality in Jamaican society and culture. Jamaica's oral tradition is exemplified in the contemporary explosion of performance poetry and the popularity of reggae music. In the development of a national consciousness and the accompanying search for identity, it is not only the bonds of economic dependence which need to be broken, but the iron hoops of cultural dependence. This has proved a difficult task, as the colonial educational legacy stressed the importance of the written word and literary text.

Book details

Publisher: MACMILLAN CARIBBEAN
Pages: 224
Size: 4.70" wide x 7.23" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.528