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Dub in Babylon: Understanding the Evolution and Significance of Dub Reggae in Jamaica and Britain from King Tubby to Post-Punk

Contributor(s): Partridge, Christopher (Author)

ISBN: 9781845533113

Publisher: Equinox Publishing

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Pub Date: August 15, 2010

Dewey: 781.646

LCCN: 2009035241

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 9.30" L x 6.30" W ( 1.70 lbs) 333 pages

Series: Studies in Popular Music

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Description: In summary, the book is a confluence of several lines of thought. Firstly, it provides a cultural and musical history of dub from its early days in Jamaica to the decline of post-punk in early-1980s Britain. Secondly, it examines the religio-political ideas it carried and traces these through to the ideologies informing the subcultur

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"Dub in Babylon is a valuable contribution to the historiography of the global dispersion of Afro-diasporic cultural forms in the twentieth century."
New West Indian Guide

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