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9789766401245

Culture @ the Cutting Edge

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  • ISBN13:

    9789766401245

  • ISBN10:

    9766401241

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-01-29
  • Publisher: Univ of West Indies Pr

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Summary

The anglophone Caribbean has long been celebrated and known for its vibrant and innovative music. Reggae, dancehall, calypso, soca, gospel, and ringbang have flourished within the Caribbean and have exploded on the worldwide stage. Somewhat surprisingly, many facets of this contribution have not been adequately analyzed or discussed by academic writing. This work deliberately moves away from the customary exclusive focus on Trinidad and Jamaica and broadens the discourse to represent the wider region. It addresses several topics which remain under- discussed in Caribbean music, such as the status of Caribbean gospel; the birth of new musical styles in the Eastern Caribbean; cultural misrepresentation in Caribbean music videos; the representation of AIDS in Caribbean music; and the impact of the actual music technology utilized by Caribbean musicians in the last twenty years.

This book represents a new wave of Caribbean cultural criticism and the author's unique approach is influenced both by his training in the humanities as well as from his experience as a p

Author Biography

Curwen Best is Senior Lecturer in Literature and Popular Culture, Department of Language, Linguistics and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements viii
Track 1 Reading Culture as Multi-tracked 1(9)
Track 2 Sounding Calypso's Muted Tracks, Past and Present: Barbados + St Lucia 10(44)
Track 3 Towards a Caribbean Gospel Aesthetic 54(37)
Track 4 Discourses on AIDS (+ Sex) in Caribbean Music 91(24)
Track 5 Finding the New Hardcore in Caribbean Music 115(33)
Track 6 Music Video to Web Streaming: Cultural Ventriloquism @ the Leading Edge 148(35)
Track 7 The "Big Technology" Question 183(39)
Notes 222(15)
Bibliography 237(8)
Discography 245(4)
Index 249

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