Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Dickerson, Ronald Eric
URN	etd-07292004-154529
Title	Musical Play across Ethnic Boundaries in Western Jamaica
Degree	Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department	Geography & Anthropology
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Helen Regis Committee Chair Jill Brody Committee Member Miles Richardson Committee Member
Keywords	performance identity public folklore jamaica music kumina rastafari maroon ritual culture politics religion
Date of Defense	2004-05-05
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract An ethnography of music, ritual, and festival in western Jamaica, this thesis reports on fieldwork performed in St. Elizabeth and St. James Parishes between June 2002 and January 2003. Featured field sites include rural dancehall events, Kumina performances, Accompong Town's Maroon Heritage Festival, and a Rastafarian music and nutrition festival called "The Supper of Rastafari." Building an account of these and other sites of cultural performance, this study focuses on social connections between groups of participants, traced through poetic, historical, and personal relationships among performers, especially across boundaries of ethnic, stylistic, or religious difference within Jamaica's national cultural identity.
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