Women in Jamaican Music

by Heather Augustyn

Overview

As the ubiquitous Jamaican musician Bob Marley once famously sang, "half the story has never been told." This rings particularly true for the little-known women in Jamaican music who comprise significantly less than half of the Caribbean nation's musical landscape. This book covers the female contribution to Jamaican music and its subgenres through dozens of interviews with vocalists, instrumentalists, bandleaders, producers, deejays and supporters of the arts. Relegated to marginalized spaces, these pioneering women fought for their claim to the spotlight amid oppressive conditions to help create and shape Jamaica's musical heritage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476639598
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	05/21/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	218
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Heather Augustyn is a continuing lecturer in the English department at Purdue Northwest. She has written eight books on ska and Jamaican music and lives in Michigan.
Heather Augustyn is a continuing lecturer in the English department at Purdue Northwest. She has written eight books on ska and Jamaican music and lives in Michigan.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
One: Women in Jamaican Folk Traditions
Two: Orchestra and Band Leaders and Instrumentalists
Three: Mento and Calypso
Four: Jazz
Five: Ska
Six: Blue Beat
Seven: Rocksteady
Eight: Reggae
Nine: Dancehall
Ten: Dance
Eleven: Champions
Twelve: Studio
Thirteen: Mothers and Wives
Fourteen: Female Representation in Song Lyrics
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Augustyn looks at the myriad contributions of several generations of women in Jamaican popular music styles...The volume is exhaustively researched, and direct quotes provide firsthand accounts of the impact of these historically undervalued musicians. Augustyn did the foundational research necessary to bring this overlooked output into the canon....recommended”—Choice

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