Narratives from beyond the UK reggae bassline : the system is sound / edited by William 'Lez' Henry, Matthew Worley.
Henry, William (William "Lez"), editor.; Worley, Matthew, editor.
2021
ML3532
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Title
Narratives from beyond the UK reggae bassline : the system is sound / edited by William 'Lez' Henry, Matthew Worley.
ISBN
9783030551612 (PDF ebook)
303055161X
9783030551605 (hbk.)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55161-2
Published
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-55161-2 doi
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ML3532
Dewey Decimal Classification
781.6460941
Summary
This book explores the history of reggae in modern Britain from the time it emerged as a cultural force in the 1970s. As basslines from Jamaica reverberated across the Atlantic, so they were received and transmitted by the UKs Afro-Caribbean community. From roots to lovers rock, from deejays harnessing the dancehall crowd to dub poets reporting back from the socio-economic front line, British reggae soundtracked the inner-city experience of black youth. In time, reggaes influence permeated the wider culture, informing the sounds and the language of popular music whilst also retaining a connection to the street-level sound systems, clubs and centres that provided space to create, protest and innovate. This book is therefore a testament to struggle and ingenuity, a collection of essays tracing reggaes importance to both the culture and the politics of late twentieth and early twenty-first century Britain.
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Henry, William (William "Lez"), editor.
Worley, Matthew, editor.
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Palgrave studies in the history of subcultures and popular music.
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1. Introduction: Narratives from the Bassline- William Lez Henry & Matthew Worley
2. Vexed history: time and the waning of heart-I-cal philosophy- Paul Gilroy
3. Reggae culture as local knowledge: Mapping the beats on south east London streets- William Lez Henry & Les Back
4. A Who Seh? Reflections of a lost and found dub poet- Martin Glynn
5. What a devilment a Englan! Dub poets and ranters- Tim Wells
6. Smiley Culture: A hybrid voice for the Commonwealth- Lucy Robinson
7. The Story of Nzinga Soundz and the Womens Voice in Sound System Culture- Lynda Rosenior-Patten and June Reid
8. Sound-tapes & Soundscapes: Lo-Fi cassette recordings as vectors of cultural Transmission- Kenny Monrose
9. Dem a call us pirates, dem a call us illegal broadcasters!: Pirates Anthem, PCRL and the struggle for black free radio in Birmingham- Lisa Palmer
10. Rebel Music in the Rebel City: The Performance Geography of the Nottingham Blues Party, 1957-1987- Tom Kew
11. Curious roots & crafts: Record shops and record labels amid the British reggae diaspora- Peter Hughes Jachimiak
12. From Sound Systems to Disc Jockeys, From Local Bands to Major Success: On Bristols Crucial Role in Integrating Reggae and Jamaican Music in British Culture- Melissa Chemam
13. Growing up under the influence: A sonic genealogy of grime- Joy White
14. Sound Systems and the Christian deviation- Carl Tracey
15. Handsworth Revolution: Reggae theomusicology, gospel borderlands and delinking Black British Contemporary Gospel Music from Colonial Christianity- Robert Beckford.

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