Resistance in the Form of Jamaican Street Dance
Dance can fulfill a variety of different functions both for a society and its individuals. This becomes especially obvious within the current climate of racial issues, as well as the globalization of afro diasporic music and dance styles. In her book „Resist(d)ance – Resistance and Dance within the Postcolonial Lives of Jamaican Dancehall Street Dancers“, Cyrielle Tamby explores the meaning of such social practices to black cultures like Jamaican Dancehall. Jamaicas independence was first recognized in 1962, and since then there have been various attempts to establish its national identity.…
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