{"product_id":"wake-the-town-and-tell-the-people-dancehall-culture-in-jamaica","title":"Wake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNorman C Stolzoff\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780822325147\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDuke University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2000\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e328\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eJamaican dancehall has long been one of the most vital and influential cultural and artistic forces within contemporary global music. \u003ci\u003eWake the Town and Tell the People\u003c\/i\u003e presents, for the first time, a lively, nuanced, and comprehensive view of this musical and cultural phenomenon: its growth and historical role within Jamaican society, its economy of star making, its technology of production, its performative practices, and its capacity to channel political beliefs through popular culture in ways that are urgent, tangible, and lasting.\u003cbr\u003eNorman C. Stolzoff brings a fan's enthusiasm to his broad perspective on dancehall, providing extensive interviews, original photographs, and anthropological analysis from eighteen months of fieldwork in Kingston. Stolzoff argues that this enormously popular musical genre expresses deep conflicts within Jamaican society, not only along lines of class, race, gender, sexuality, and religion but also between different factions struggling to gain control of the island nation's political culture. Dancehall culture thus remains a key arena where the future of this volatile nation is shaped. As his argument unfolds, Stolzoff traces the history of Jamaican music from its roots in the late eighteenth century to 1945, from the addition of sound systems and technology during the mid-forties to early sixties, and finally through the post-independence years from the early sixties to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWake the Town and Tell the People\u003c\/i\u003e offers a general introduction for those interested in dancehall music and culture. For the fan or musicologist, it will serve as a comprehensive reference book.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Wake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica | Norman C Stolzoff | Paperback | 9780822325147 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks D 1760155","offer_id":49199069167768,"sku":"1760155","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91xgEePDM2L.jpg?v=1780694186","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/wake-the-town-and-tell-the-people-dancehall-culture-in-jamaica","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}