Ska : the rhythm of liberation /
In Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation, Heather Augustyn examines how ska music first emerged in Jamaica as a fusion of popular, traditional, and even classical musical forms. As a genre, it was a connection to Africa, a means of expression and protest, and a respite from the struggles of colonization and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
The Scarecrow Press, Incorporated,
2013.
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| Series: | Tempo (Lanham, Md.)
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | In Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation, Heather Augustyn examines how ska music first emerged in Jamaica as a fusion of popular, traditional, and even classical musical forms. As a genre, it was a connection to Africa, a means of expression and protest, and a respite from the struggles of colonization and grinding poverty. Ska would later travel with West Indian immigrants to the United Kingdom, where British youth embraced the music, blending it with punk and pop and working its origins as a music of protest and escape into their pr. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 163 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-151) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780810884502 081088450X 9781299875609 1299875602 |
