Time and memory in reggae music [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of hope / / Sarah Daynes

• Autore: Daynes Sarah
• Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.64609
• Soggetto topico: Reggae music - History and criticism; Reggae music - Social aspects; Time in music
• Soggetto non controllato: Dennis Brown; Sizzla; collective identity; hope; memory; redemption; reggae; revolution; time; tradition
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. A study in elective affinity : music, religion, memory -- pt. I. Remembering the past -- pt. III. Revealing the future -- pt. IV. From revelation to revolution -- pt. V. Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: On the basis of a body of reggae songs from the 1970's and late 1990's, this book offers a sociological analysis of memory, hope and redemption in reggae music. From Dennis Brown to Sizzla, the way in which reggae music constructs a musical, religious and socio-political memory in rupture with dominant models is vividly illustrated by the lyrics themselves. How is the past remembered in the present? How does remembering the past allow for imagining the future? How does collective memory participate into the historical grounding of collective identity? What is the relationship between tradition...
• Titolo autorizzato: Time and memory in reggae music
• ISBN: 1-84779-692-3; 1-78170-211-X; 1-84779-287-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791919203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Music and society (Series)