Wake the Town and Tell the People
Subtitle: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780822324782
Subjects: Dance; Popular culture; Music; Ethnomusicology; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Jamaica; Popular Culture - General; Anthropology/Ethnography; Caribbean Studies; Genres & Styles - Reggae; Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal; History & Criticism - General; History and criticism; Popular Music
First sentence: Dancehall - from the urban ghettos of Kingston to the rural districts of the countryside - is the most potent form of popular culture in Jamaica.