Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances : Language Use, Perceptions, Attitudes /

Offers a comprehensive investigation of Jamaicans' perceptions of the use of Jamaican Creole in global reggae and dancehall music.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gerfer, Anika (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025]
Series:	New Directions in World Englishes Research
Subjects:	Reggae music > History and criticism. Dancehall (Music) > History and criticism. Creole dialects > Jamaica. Reggae > Histoire et critique. Dancehall (Musique) > Histoire et critique.

Table of Contents:

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction to Cultural Appropriation in Reggae and Dancehall Performances
2 Jamaican Creole in Jamaica
3 The History of Language Use in Jamaican Music
4 Cultural and Linguistic Appropriation
5 Study I: The Use of Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances
6 Study II: Jamaicans' Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall Performances
7 Discussion
8 Conclusion
Appendix I: Orthographic and Phonetic Transcriptions of the Stimuli
Appendix II: Survey on Artists' Language Use
Auditory Stimuli
Bibliography
Index