Vibes Up: Reggae and Afro-Caribbean Migration from Costa Rica to Brooklyn
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Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479827114ISBN-10:1479827118UPC:9781479827114Book Category:Social Science, MusicBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Ethnic, Race & Ethnic RelationsBook Topic:Caribbean & Latin American StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.2919Product ID:SCM686382D
Vibes Up: Reggae and Afro-Caribbean Migration from Costa Rica to Brooklyn
Examines reggae culture as an expression of cultural, racial, and gender empowerment in the West Indian Diaspora
In popular media Caribbean culture has either been reduced to stereotypes of laziness, marijuana, and reggae music, or conversely, to an identity centered around a refutation of colonialism. Both are oversimplifications, and do not explain the enduring Caribbean identity and...Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479827114ISBN-10:1479827118UPC:9781479827114Book Category:Social Science, MusicBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Ethnic, Race & Ethnic RelationsBook Topic:Caribbean & Latin American StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.2919Product ID:SCM686382D
Sabia McCoy-Torres is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Africana Studies Program at Tulane University.
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