{"product_id":"king-yellowman-meaningful-bodies-in-jamaican-dancehall-culture-9789766408510","title":"King Yellowman: Meaningful Bodies in Jamaican Dancehall Culture","description":"Jamaican deejay\u003cbr\u003eYellowman divided a country with his bawdy songs and his very body: he has been\u003cbr\u003ewildly popular among dancehall fans, yet widely despised by polite society. Even\u003cbr\u003ethough his contribution to Jamaican musical culture is immense, scholars have\u003cbr\u003eignored him and reggae histories have largely misunderstood him.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing Yellowman: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMeaningful\u003cbr\u003eBodies in Jamaican Dancehall Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe first serious study of one Jamaica's most significant artists\u003cbr\u003eand dancehall's first major international star. It is a critical biography designed\u003cbr\u003eto satisfy fans while furthering academic discourse on dancehall by offering a\u003cbr\u003enew perspective on the way Yellowman negotiates the slackness\/culture binary in\u003cbr\u003eJamaican music.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on years of ethnographic\u003cbr\u003efieldwork, Brent Hagerman begins with the compelling story of Winston Foster's\u003cbr\u003eearly life as an abandoned ghetto outcast and his hard-fought journey to become\u003cbr\u003ethe King of Dancehall, then goes on to a critical exploration of the\u003cbr\u003emarginalization of people with albinism in Jamaica and the use of slackness in\u003cbr\u003eCaribbean music. Through slackness and his mobilization of Rastafarian symbols, \u003cbr\u003eYellowman subverts embedded Jamaican cultural notions of sexuality, gender, and\u003cbr\u003erace to overcome his cultural displacement, promote his yellow body as sexually\u003cbr\u003eappealing and forge a place for himself among the Jamaican body politic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHagerman, Brent:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBrent Hagerman\u003c\/b\u003e is a\u003cbr\u003electurer at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, where he teaches\u003cbr\u003ecourses on the intersection of popular music culture and religion. He is the\u003cbr\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eBob Marley: All That's Left to Know about the King of\u003cbr\u003eReggae\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"University of the West Indies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929879351570,"sku":"9789766408510","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eb77d910-0f1c-416a-b9f5-81a307d47cbd.jpg?v=1739055218","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/king-yellowman-meaningful-bodies-in-jamaican-dancehall-culture-9789766408510","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}