Island Gospel : Pentecostal music and identity in Jamaica and the United States /

Pentecostals throughout Jamaica and the Jamaican diaspora use music to declare what they believe and where they stand in relation to religious and cultural outsiders. Yet the inclusion of secular music forms like ska, reggae and dancehall complicated music's place in social and ritual practice,...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Butler, Melvin (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Series:	African American music in global perspective.
Subjects:	Church music > Pentecostal Churches. Church music > Jamaica. Church music > United States.