Had a good time at #BountyVsBeenie dancehall clash? Here are a few sources to contextualize the political and performative dimensions of dancehall, for example-- the police interfering, Bounty& #39;s Fendi blazer, and Beenie& #39;s Gucci pants and loafers https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">

Donna Hope& #39;s @donnaphope Man Vibes: Masculinities in Jamaican Dancehall explores Jamaican masculinity through the male-dominated dancehall. Check out the chapter, "Fashion Ova Style: Dancehall& #39;s Masculine Duality" https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/man-vibes-masculinities-in-the-jamaican-dancehall">https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebo...

Sonia Stanley Niaah& #39;s @SonjahStanley DanceHall: From Slave Ship to Ghetto examines dancehall& #39;s migratory networks, embodied practice, institutional frameworks, and ritual practices link it to other musical styles. https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/dancehall-from-slave-ship-to-ghetto">https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebo...

Here& #39;s also a great lecture by @SonjahStanley: Dancehall Performance, Visual Communication and the Philosophy of & #39;Boundarylessness& #39; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79mwV04R-Yo">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Check out Ruddy (Radcliffe) Roye& #39;s photo series, Dancehall in the Wake of Daggering. Roye is a Brooklyn-based Jamaican photographer whose work you can also follow on Instagram. http://ruddyroye.com/galleries/dancehall--in-the-wake-of-daggering/">https://ruddyroye.com/galleries...

For my religious studies/Africana religions folks, check out Melvin Butler& #39;s "Dancing Around Dancehall: Popular Music and Pentecostal Identity in Transnational Jamaica and Haiti." It& #39;s in Henke and Magister& #39;s volume, Constructing Vernacular Culture in the Trans-Caribbean.