"United Ghettos of America": The Aesthetics of Intercultural Exchange and Bricolage in New York City and the Case of the Jamaican Influence on Hip-Hop (1987-1995)

Barber, James Henry (22 March 2022). "United Ghettos of America": The Aesthetics of Intercultural Exchange and Bricolage in New York City and the Case of the Jamaican Influence on Hip-Hop (1987-1995) (Submitted). In: Heidelberg Centre for American Studies Spring Academy 2021. Online. March 22–26 2021.

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Examining the Jamaican influence on New York hip-hop, I draw on existing theory,
ethnographic interviews with artists who operated between the fields of reggae and hip-hop in the 1980s and ‘90s, and musical analysis of examples of this fusion. I argue that to understand the interrelationship between these two genres we must revisit the distinct, yet in many cases
shared/overlooked ‘aesthetics’ of both, whereby I propose a reappraisal of transnational theories of black popular music as applied to reggae and hip-hop, and the reciprocal dialogue between the two as a product of traditions and practices of African diasporic culture.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Other Institutions > Walter Benjamin Kolleg (WBKolleg) 06 Faculty of Humanities > Other Institutions > Walter Benjamin Kolleg (WBKolleg) > Center for Global Studies (CGS) 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Institute of History, Iberian and Latin American History 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Musicology
UniBE Contributor:	Barber, James Henry
Subjects:	300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology 700 Arts > 780 Music 900 History > 970 History of North America 900 History > 980 History of South America
Language:	English
Submitter:	James Henry Barber
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2022 14:47
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 16:09
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/165693