Babylon East: Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan

by Marvin Sterling

Book Overview

An important center of dancehall reggae performance, sound clashes are contests between rival sound systems: groups of emcees, tune selectors, and sound engineers. In World Clash 1999, held in Brooklyn, Mighty Crown, a Japanese sound system and the only non-Jamaican competitor, stunned the international dancehall community by winning the event. In 2002, the Japanese dancer Junko Kudo became the first non-Jamaican to win Jamaica's National Dancehall...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822347229
• ISBN13: 9780822347224
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"