Noises In The Blood: Orality, Gender, And The'Vulgar' Body Of Jamaican Popular Culture,New Strickland Richard Wise

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Arguing Convincingly That Music Is One Of The Most Vital

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Noises In The Blood: Orality, Gender, And The'Vulgar' Body Of Jamaican Popular Culture,New Strickland Richard WiseThe Language Of Jamaican Popular Cultureits Folklore, Idioms, Music, Poetry, Songeven When Written Is Based On A Tradition Of Sound, An Orality That Has Often Been Denigrated As Not Worthy Of Serious Study. In Noises In The Blood, Carolyn Cooper Critically Examines The Dismissed Discourse Of Jamaicas Vibrant Popular Culture And Reclaims These Cultural Forms, Both Oral And Textual, From An Undeserved Neglect. Coopers Exploration Of Jamaican Popular