Daynes, Sarah. <br/><br/>
Time and memory in reggae music  the politics of hope / 
Sarah Daynes. 
 - Manchester, UK ;  Manchester University Press ;  (c)2010. New York :  Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,  (c)2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 296 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - Music and society .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>A Study in Elective Affinity: Music, Religion, Memory: Reggae and Rastafari: a short history; Interpreting songs: notes on methodology;  A diachronic analysis of Jamaican reggae charts, 1968-2000; The construction of a musical memory --  Remembering the Past: Slavery and the diaspora: temporal and spatial articulations; The construction of a religious chain of memory --  Revealing the Future: Messianism, between past and future; Hope and redemption; The eschatology as future-present; The construction of a socio-political memory --  From Revelation to Revolution. Rhetoric of oppression and social critique; Only rasta can liberate the people: resistance and revolution --  Conclusion: Time and memory --  Annex 1. List of songs mentioned, by artist --  Annex 2. Albums in the corpus. 
<br/><br/> On the basis of a body of reggae songs from the 1970s and the late 1990s, this book offers a sociological analysis of memory hope and redemption in reggae music. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781781702116 9781847792877 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reggae music--History and criticism.<br/>Reggae music--Social aspects.<br/>Time in music.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3532  / .T564 2010