Noises in the blood : orality, gender, and the "vulgar" body of Jamaican popular culture
Carolyn Cooper (Author)
The language of Jamaican popular culture-its folklore, idioms, music, poetry, song-even when written is based on a tradition of sound, an orality that has often been denigrated as not worthy of serious study. In Noises in the Blood, Carolyn Cooper critically examines the dismissed discourse of Jamaica's vibrant popular culture and reclaims these cultural forms, both oral and textual, from an undeserved neglect. Cooper's exploration of Jamaican popular culture covers a wide range of topics, including Bob Marley's lyrics, the performance poetry of Louise Bennett, Mikey Smith, and
1 online resource (xv, 214 pages)
9780822381921, 0822381923
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Introduction: Oral sexual discourse in Jamaican popular culture
'Me know no law, me know no sin': transgressive identities and the voice of innocence: the historical context
'Culture an tradition an birthright': proverb as metaphor in the poetry of Louise Bennett
That cunny Jarnma oman: representations of female sensibility in the poetry of Louise Bennett
Words unbroken by the beat: the performance poetry of Jean Binta Breeze and Mikey Smith
Writing oral history: Sistren Theatre Collective's Lionheart Gal
Country come to town: Michael Thelwell's The Harder They Come
Chanting down Babylon: Bob Marley's song as literary text
Slackness hiding from culture: erotic play in the dancehall
From 'centre' to 'margin': turning history upside down
Appendix 1. Proverbs from Louise Bennett
Appendix 2. Jamaican proverbs: a gender perspective
Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1993
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011