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Reggae

By: Eric Bindler
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music
Keywords:reggae

Reggae is a genre of Afro-Jamaican popular music that emerged in Kingston, Jamaica, in the late 1960s. It is the best known of a series of urban Jamaican popular styles from the mid- to late 20th century, including ska, rocksteady, dancehall, and dub, that blend African American genres with ...

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  Bindler, E. (2019). Reggae. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 1801-1802). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n599
  
  Bindler, Eric. "Reggae." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Sturman, Janet, 1801-2. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n599.
  
  Bindler, E. 2019. Reggae. In: Janet Sturman Editor, 2019. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1801-1802 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n599> [Accessed 27 Jul 2021].
  
  Bindler, Eric. "Reggae." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Edited by Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019, pp. 1801-2. SAGE Knowledge. 27 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n599.
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