Vibes Up
Download or Read eBook Vibes Up PDF written by Sabia McCoy-Torres and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Sabia McCoy-Torres |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2024-08-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781479827176 |
ISBN-13 | : 1479827177 |
Rating | : 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Vibes Up by : Sabia McCoy-Torres
Book excerpt: "This book focuses on reggae/dancehall culture and West Indian historic and contemporary migration to Costa Rica and Brooklyn. It centers an analysis of migration, diaspora, queerness, Blackness, affect, and Caribbean cultural subjectivity using reggae/dancehall culture as an ethnographic lens. The author unveils underexplored forms of resistance, negotiations of gender and sexuality, and creation of informal cultural institutions with transnational ties"--