Trade Secrets: Intellectual Piracy and the Origins of American Industrial Power. By Doron S. Ben-Atar. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004. Pp. xxi, 281. $38.00
In: The journal of economic history, Band 64, Heft 3, S. 906-908
ISSN: 1471-6372
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In: The journal of economic history, Band 64, Heft 3, S. 906-908
ISSN: 1471-6372
In: The journal of economic history, Band 61, Heft 2, S. 560-561
ISSN: 1471-6372
In: The journal of economic history, Band 47, Heft 2, S. 487-488
ISSN: 1471-6372
Megawattage sound systems have blasted the electronically-enhanced riddims and tongue-twisting lyrics of Jamaica's dancehall DJs across the globe. This high-energy raggamuffin music is often dismissed by old-school roots reggae fans as a raucous degeneration of classic Jamaican popular music. In this provocative study of dancehall culture, Cooper offers a sympathetic account of the philosophy of a wide range of dancehall DJs: Shabba Ranks, Lady Saw, Ninjaman, Capleton, Buju Banton, Anthony B and Apache Indian. Cooper also demonstrates the ways in which the language of dancehall culture, often devalued as mere 'noise,' articulates a complex understanding of the border clashes which characterize Jamaican society, and analyzes the sound clashes that erupt in the movement of Jamaican dancehall culture across national borders.
In: Cultures & conflits: sociologie politique de l'international, Heft 103-104, S. 189-206
ISSN: 1777-5345
In: Interventions: international journal of postcolonial studies, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 1-17
ISSN: 1469-929X
In: Monograph series in world affairs 4,2
In: Child abuse & neglect: the international journal ; official journal of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 75-86
ISSN: 1873-7757
In: Third world quarterly, Band 11, Heft 4, S. 279-310
ISSN: 1360-2241