Time and Memory in Reggae Music: The Politics of Hope

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Time and Memory in Reggae Music: The Politics of Hope
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sarah Daynes
SeriesMusic and Society
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:310
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreReggae
ISBN/Barcode 9781784992804
ClassificationsDewey:306.484246
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 11 February 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

On the basis of a body of reggae songs from the 1970s and late 1990s, this book offers a sociological analysis of memory, hope and redemption in reggae music. From Dennis Brown to Sizzla, the way in which reggae music constructs a musical, religious and socio-political memory in rupture with dominant models is vividly illustrated by the lyrics themselves. How is the past remembered in the present? How does remembering the past allow for imagining the future? How does collective memory participate in the historical grounding of collective identity? What is the relationship between tradition and revolution, between the recollection of the past and the imagination of the future, between passivity and action? Ultimately, this case study of 'memory at work' opens up a theoretical problem: the conceptualization of time and its relationship with memory. -- .

Author Biography

Sarah Daynes is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro -- .