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NOTES ON REGGAE MUSIC, DIASPORA AESTHETICS, AND CHINESE JAMAICAN TRANSMIGRANCY: THE CASE OF VP RECORDS
NOTES ON REGGAE MUSIC, DIASPORA AESTHETICS, AND CHINESE JAMAICAN TRANSMIGRANCY: THE CASE OF VP RECORDS
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NOTES ON REGGAE MUSIC, DIASPORA AESTHETICS, AND CHINESE JAMAICAN TRANSMIGRANCY: THE CASE OF VP RECORDS

2006
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The essay investigates the effects of diasporic movement on the aesthetics, politics, and economics of reggae. Focusing on the involvement of Chinese Jamaicans in the development of reggae, the essay advances the argument that the social and historical factors that condition Chinese Jamaican migration also determine the nature of their impact on reggae. The significant numbers of Chinese Jamaicans who have served as producers, sound system owners, band managers, and distributors reflect the roles that Chinese Jamaicans play as merchants and middlemen in Jamaican society as well the high degree of transnational mobility and effective familial networks they have developed. A series of videotaped interviews with the Chinese Jamaican family that started and currently runs VP Records, a major international distributor of reggae music, serves as the case study from which the main conclusions of the essay are extrapolated. El ensayo investiga los efectos del movimiento diásporo en la estética, política y economía del reggae. Enfocándose en la participación de chinos-jamaiquinos en el desarrollo del reggae, el ensayo propone el argumento de que los factores sociales e históricos que condicionan la migración chino-jamaiquina, también determinan la naturaleza de su impacto en el reggae. El número significativo de chino-jamaiquinos que han servido como productores, dueños de sistemas de sonidos, directores de bandas y distribuidores, refleja los papeles que los chino-jamaiquinos desempeñan como comerciantes e intermediarios en la sociedad jamaiquina, así como el alto nivel de movilidad transnacional y de organizaciones familiares efectivas que ellos han desarrollado. Una serie de entrevistas en cintas de video con la familia chino-jamaiquina que creó y actualmente dirige VP Records, un distribuidor mayor internacional de música reggae, sirve como el caso de estudio del cual se extrapolan las conclusiones de este ensayo. L'auteur étudie les effets du mouvement diasporique sur des aspects esthétiques, la politique et l'économie qui sont liés au reggae. Dans cet article, il se concentre sur l'apport des Jamaïcains d'extraction chinoise au développement du reggae et postule que les facteurs sociaux et historiques qui sous-tendent la migration de ces Jamaïcains déterminent également la nature de leur influence sur le reggae. Le nombre important de Sino-Jamaïcains comme producteurs, propriétaires de systémes de musique, gestionnaires d'orchestre et distributeurs témoigne de l'importance de ces derniers à titre de commerçants et d'intermédiaires dans la société jamaïcaine, témoigne aussi que du taux élevé de mouvement transfrontière intense et des réseaux familiaux qu'ils ont tissés. Une série d'interviews vidéographiés avec la famille jamaïcano-chinoise qui a créé VP Records et qui l'exploite actuellement sert d'étude de cas.
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Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies, Jamaica,University of the West Indies