Musical play across ethnic boundaries in western Jamaica

Identifier

etd-07292004-154529

Author

Ronald Eric Dickerson, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeFollow

Degree

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Geography and Anthropology

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

An ethnography of music, ritual, and festival in western Jamaica, this thesis reports on fieldwork performed in St. Elizabeth and St. James Parishes between June 2002 and January 2003. Featured field sites include rural dancehall events, Kumina performances, Accompong Town's Maroon Heritage Festival, and a Rastafarian music and nutrition festival called "The Supper of Rastafari." Building an account of these and other sites of cultural performance, this study focuses on social connections between groups of participants, traced through poetic, historical, and personal relationships among performers, especially across boundaries of ethnic, stylistic, or religious difference within Jamaica's national cultural identity.

Date

2004

Document Availability at the Time of Submission

Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.

Recommended Citation

Dickerson, Ronald Eric, "Musical play across ethnic boundaries in western Jamaica" (2004). LSU Master's Theses. 1865.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1865

Committee Chair

Helen Regis

DOI

10.31390/gradschool_theses.1865