Culture at the Cutting Edge: Tracking Caribbean Popular Music

by Curwen Best

Overview

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. 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789766401245
Publisher:	University of the West Indies Press
Publication date:	09/28/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	1360L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Track 1 Reading Culture as Multi-tracked
Track 2 Sounding Calypso’s Muted Tracks, Past and Present: Barbados + St Lucia
Track 3 Towards a Caribbean Gospel Aesthetic
Track 4 Discourses on AIDS (+ Sex) in Caribbean Music
Track 5 Finding the New Hardcore in Caribbean Music
Track 6 Music Video to Web Streaming: Cultural Ventriloquism @ the Leading Edge
Track 7 The “Big Technology” Question
Notes
Bibliography
Discography
Index