Narratives from Beyond the UK Reggae Bassline: The System is Sound
- Editor: Henry, William
- Editor: Worley, Matthew
Book
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Contents
- 1.
- Introduction Narratives from the Bassline- William 'Lez' Henry & Matthew Worley
- 2. Vexed history: time and the waning of heart-I-cal philosophy- Paul Gilroy
- 3. Reggae culture as local knowledge: Mapping the beats on south east London streets- William 'Lez' Henry & Les Back, with
- photographs by Olivia Thompson
- 4. A Who Seh? Reflections of a lost and found dub poet- Martin Glynn
- 5. 'What a devilment a Englan!' Dub poets and ranters- Tim Wells
- 6. Smiley Culture: A hybrid voice for the Commonwealth- Lucy Robinson
- 7. The Story of Nzinga Soundz and the Women's Voice in Sound System Culture- Lynda Rosenior-Patten and June Reid
- 8. Sound-tapes & Soundscapes: Lo-Fi cassette recordings as vectors of culturalTransmission- Kenny Monrose
- 9. 'Dem a call us pirates, dem a call us illegal broadcasters!': 'Pirates' Anthem', PCRL and the struggle for black free radio in Birmingham- Lisa Palmer
- 10. Rebel Music in the Rebel City: The Performance Geography of the Nottingham 'Blues Party', 1957-1987- Tom Kew
- 11. 'Curious roots & crafts': Record shops and record labels amid the Britishreggae diaspora- Peter Hughes Jachimiak
- 12. From Sound Systems to Disc Jockeys, From Local Bands to Major Success: On Bristol's Crucial Role in Integrating Reggae and Jamaican Music in British Culture- Melissa Chemam
- 13. Growing up under the influence: A sonic genealogy of grime- Joy White
- 14. Sound Systems and the Christian deviation- Carl Tracey
- 15. Handsworth Revolution: Reggae theomusicology, gospel borderlands and delinking Black British Contemporary Gospel Music from Colonial Christianity- Robert Beckford