Essays about: "dancehall"

Found 3 essays containing the word dancehall.

1. 1. Parallel City

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Joar Nordvall; [2022]
   Keywords : Valhallavägen; Democracy; Collaborative construction; Associations union; Small house; Truss; Public Space; City; Territorial Practice;

   Abstract : This thesis project is about an associations union and territorial practice through the lens of collaborative construction. The project started with reading a newspaper article about an associations union being evicted from Fältöversten Centrum. The union contains 53 clubs, associations, and interest groups. READ MORE

3. 2. Dance to Buss : An Ethnographic Study of Dancehall Dancing in Jamaica

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Author : Johanna Sjövall; [2013]
   Keywords : Dancing; dancehall; Jamaica; poverty; resistance; class conflict; social media; gender.;

   Abstract : Dancehall is an influential space of cultural creation and expression within Jamaican society. This study is about how Jamaican dancehall is being performed, and what this performance means to its participants. Dancehall is mainly practiced by lower-class Jamaicans. This thesis focuses on dancers as a specific group among these participants. READ MORE

4. 3. One love : Homophobia and the Jamaican press

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

   Author : Malin Lundgren; Nanna Salemark; [2009]
   Keywords : Homophobia; Jamaican press; alienation; homosexuality; heteronorm; LGBT;

   Abstract : Jamaica is a beautiful island in the Caribbean well known all over the world for its Reggae music and its message of One love. But it is neither the songs about love nor the striking beauty of the island that awoken our interest. READ MORE