Time and memory in reggae music : the politics of hope /: the politics of hope. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sarah Daynes.
• Other Names: Daynes, Sarah
• Contents: A Study in Elective Affinity: Music, Religion, Memory: Reggae and Rastafari: a short history; Interpreting songs: notes on methodology; A diachronic analysis of Jamaican reggae charts, 1968-2000; The construction of a musical memory -- Remembering the Past: Slavery and the diaspora: temporal and spatial articulations; The construction of a religious chain of memory -- Revealing the Future: Messianism, between past and future; Hope and redemption; The eschatology as future-present; The construction of a socio-political memory -- From Revelation to Revolution. Rhetoric of oppression and social critique; Only rasta can liberate the people: resistance and revolution -- Conclusion: Time and memory -- Annex 1. List of songs mentioned, by artist -- Annex 2. Albums in the corpus.
• Publisher Details: Manchester, UK New York : Manchester University Press Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 296 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 782.421646; Reggae music -- History and criticism; Reggae music -- Social aspects; Time in music; Reggae music -- History and criticism; Reggae music -- Social aspects; Time in music; MUSIC -- Printed Music -- General; Reggae music; Reggae music -- Social aspects; Time in music; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781781702116; 9781847792877; 1847792871
• Related ISBNs: 178170211X; 9780719076213; 0719076218
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.