MAN VIBES

• by admin on February 24th, 2010

Dr Donna Hope Marquis

We’re pleased to announce one of our forthcoming publications in 2010: Man Vibes: Masculinities in the Jamaican Dancehall by Donna Hope-Marquis. The work discusses Jamaican masculinity as represented in the highly controversial dancehall music culture – Ole Dawg (promiscuity), Badman (violence), Chi Chi Man (anti-male homosexuality), Bling Bling (consumerist/consumptive), and Fashion Ova Style (stylised transgressions and homosexuality) – and explores the transition of Jamaican mansculinities in the 21st century. Donna is Lecturer in Reggae Studies in the Institute of Caribbean Studies at UWI, Mona.  The book is scheduled for publication in June.

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