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THE LITERATURE INSPIRING THE CONTENT

THE LITERATURE INSPIRING THE CONTENT

A collection of the literary works that inspired the RAGGA ethos.

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Julian Henriques (2008) Sonic diaspora, vibrations, and rhythm: thinking through the sounding of the Jamaican dancehall session, African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal.
Pugliese, J. (2011). Embodied archives. Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 11(1).
Hall, S, & Jefferson, T (eds) (2006). Resistance Through Rituals : Youth Subcultures in Post-War Britain (2nd ed.). Routledge.
Hall, S. (1993). What Is This “Black” in Black Popular Culture? Social Justice, 20(1/2 (51-52)), 104–114.
Gilroy, P. (1993). The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness. Harvard University Press.
Baraka, A. (1968). “The Changing Same: R&B and the New Black Music” in Black Music (pp.182-214). William Morrow and Company
Scott, D., & Nettleford, R. (2006). “To be Liberated from the Obscurity of Themselves”: An Interview with Rex Nettleford. Small Axe 10(2), 97-246.
Patten, H. (2022). Reading Religion and Spirituality in Jamaican Reggae Dancehall Dance: Spirits and Bodies Moving. Routledge.
Oliver, A. (2023). Deeping it: Colonialism, Culture & Criminalisation of UK Drill. 404 Inklings.
Pitts, J. (2022). Afropean. Penguin Books.
Ndikung, B. S. B. (2023). Pidginization as Curatorial Method: Messing with Languages and Praxes of Curating (Vol. 3). Sternberg Press.