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Reading Religion and Spirituality in Jamaican Reggae Danceha
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Type: PAPERBACK
ISBN: 9780367539719
Date: 29th January, 2024
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
Categories
- Dance
- Electronic Art Forms
- Theatre Studies
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This book explores the genealogy of Jamaican dancehall while questioning whether dancehall has a spiritual underscoring, foregrounding dance, and cultural expression. This study identifies the performance and performative (behavioural actions) that may be considered as representing spiritual ritual practices within the reggae/dancehall dance phenomenon. It does so by juxtaposing reggae/dancehall against Jamaican African/neo-African spiritual practices such as Jonkonnu masquerade, Revivalism and Kumina, alongside Christianity and post-modern holistic spiritual approaches. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in performance studies, popular culture, music, theology, cultural studies, Jamaican/Caribbean culture, and dance specialists.