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Screening Subjects: Transnational Dancehall Culture in a Social Media Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2016

Celena Monteiro
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Abstract

Dancehall, a popular dance style originating from downtown Kingston, Jamaica, now circulates across transnational spaces through digital media and postcolonial consumption systems. This presentation will study dancehall in the twenty-first century as an information age space for transcultural production, with a focus on female participation. It will interrogate the authoritative role of the video camera in the scene, and the impact that the use of screens has on the practitioners' cultural, phenomenological, and economic experience. The discussion will analyze the engagement of diversely situated females in relation to questions of mobility, visibility, and power.

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Research Article
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Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings , Volume 2016 , Fall 2016 , pp. 272 - 278
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Copyright © Celena Monteiro 2016 

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