Women in Jamaican Music

Heather Augustyn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

218 Seiten

2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8095-8 (ISBN)

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As the ubiquitous Jamaican musician Bob Marley once famously sang, ""half the story has never been told."" This book covers the female contribution to Jamaican music and its subgenres through dozens of interviews with vocalists, instrumentalists, bandleaders, producers, deejays and supporters of the arts.

As the ubiquitous Jamaican musician Bob Marley once famously sang, "half the story has never been told." This rings particularly true for the little-known women in Jamaican music who comprise significantly less than half of the Caribbean nation's musical landscape. This book covers the female contribution to Jamaican music and its subgenres through dozens of interviews with vocalists, instrumentalists, bandleaders, producers, deejays and supporters of the arts. Relegated to marginalized spaces, these pioneering women fought for their claim to the spotlight amid oppressive conditions to help create and shape Jamaica's musical heritage.

Heather Augustyn is a continuing lecturer in the English department at Purdue Northwest. She has written eight books on ska and Jamaican music and lives in Michigan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One: Women in Jamaican Folk Traditions

Two: Orchestra and Band Leaders and Instrumentalists

Three: Mento and Calypso

Four: Jazz

Five: Ska

Six: Blue Beat

Seven: Rocksteady

Eight: Reggae

Nine: Dancehall

Ten: Dance

Eleven: Champions

Twelve: Studio

Thirteen: Mothers and Wives

Fourteen: Female Representation in Song Lyrics

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.07.2020
Zusatzinfo	23 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	422 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-4766-8095-7 / 1476680957
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8095-8 / 9781476680958
Zustand	Neuware