Cut 'n' Mix: Culture, Identity and Caribbean Music (Comedia) (Paperback)

by Dick Hebdige (Author) "The New World - the mainland of America together with the West Indian Islands - was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492..." (more)
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Product Description
This is a book about the music of the Caribbean - from calypso and ska through to Reggae and Caribbean club culture.

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; New edition edition (August 10, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415058759
• ISBN-13: 978-0415058759
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #509,390 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sociological Origins of West Indian Music, February 12, 2009

By	BYF "Backyard Flix" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

From back cover:

"this is a book about the music of the Caribbean -- form calypso and ska through to reggae and Caribbean club culture. Dick Hebdige traces the roots of the music, and describes the styles and sense of cultural identity that have developed alongside it wherever it is played. 'Cut ''n' Mix' tells the story of how sound and sense have been spliced together in music which begin in the West Indies but which ends up addressing a community stretching from Africa to Western Europe and the States.

The book looks at:

* The African and Caribbean roots -- religion, myth and the importance of rhythm
* Carnival, steel bands and calypso -- the music of Trinidad
* The story of reggae from mento and ska through dub to lovers' rock and talk over
* Rastafari -- the music and spiritual inheritance
* The Jamaican record industry
* The scene today -- black British reggae, white 'Jamaican' music, Two tone, and the legacy of punk; 'slack style' and the links between New York rap and MC reggae.

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Contents Include

* A note on the title of this book
* Pre-Mix: Version to Version
* Original cut (rebel sound: reggae and other Caribbean music)

* Introduction: the two Jamaicas

1 - Slavery days
2 - West African roots, West Indian flowers
3 - The music of Trinidad
4 - Reggae and other Caribbean music
5 - The roots of reggae: religion and religious music
6 - The Rastafarians
7 - the roots of reggae: black American music
8 - Rocksteady and the rude boy era
9 - Reggae
10 - Dub and talk over
11 - Dread in AInglan
Dub Version (the rise and fall of Two Tone)
12 - Ska tissue: the rise and fall of Two Tone
Club Mix (Breaking for the border)
13 - Sister Posse forward: is this the future?
14 - Slack style and Seaga
15 - Lovers' rock: reggae, soul and broken hearts
16 - Rap and hip hop: the New York connection
17 - Fast style reggae: designer label roots