A Look into the Jamaican Dancehall Sub-Culture

Dancehall Poster featuring Bounty Killa

I was inspired to write this article after watching the following video, which explores findings from Dr. Donna Hope‘s thesis and book about Dancehall sub-culture in the Jamaican society. The interview is presented in the colorful Jamaican dialect, which enables a wide cross-section of Jamaicans to share in and understand her work. The discussion is based on some of the core themes of the Dancehall sub-culture, including: masculinity, empowerment of the poor, and gender relations. The research is an important addition to Caribbean Sociology and I hope it will inspire writers, theorists and critics to see the Jamaican Dancehall as fertile ground for further research and the generation of other perspectives.