Sound clash: Jamaican dancehall culture at large

Sound Clash: Jamaican Dancehall Culture at Large

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-348

  Cooper, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781403982605     Document Type: Book

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