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4. Roots, Romance, Reggae: (Dis)Placing Memory in Colin Channer’s Waiting in Vain
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. Phonographic Memory: Tracing the Calypsonian’s Work in Lawrence Scott’s Night Calypso 24
- 2. “Record Your Memories”: The Bolero Aesthetic in Oscar Hijuelos’s The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love 51
- 3. Re-membering “Body and Soul”: Gender, Jazz, and Gwoka in Daniel Maximin’s Lone Sun 79
- 4. Roots, Romance, Reggae: (Dis)Placing Memory in Colin Channer’s Waiting in Vain 110
- 5. Memory as Mixtape: The Dub Aesthetic in Ramabai Espinet’s The Swinging Bridge 142
- Coda 171
- Acknowledgments 181
- Notes 185
- Works Cited 201
- Index 215
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. Phonographic Memory: Tracing the Calypsonian’s Work in Lawrence Scott’s Night Calypso 24
- 2. “Record Your Memories”: The Bolero Aesthetic in Oscar Hijuelos’s The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love 51
- 3. Re-membering “Body and Soul”: Gender, Jazz, and Gwoka in Daniel Maximin’s Lone Sun 79
- 4. Roots, Romance, Reggae: (Dis)Placing Memory in Colin Channer’s Waiting in Vain 110
- 5. Memory as Mixtape: The Dub Aesthetic in Ramabai Espinet’s The Swinging Bridge 142
- Coda 171
- Acknowledgments 181
- Notes 185
- Works Cited 201
- Index 215
