JAWAIIAN AND LOCAL CULTURAL IDENTITY IN HAWAI'I
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v1i2.28588Keywords:
Jawaiian, cultural identityAbstract
The study aims to understand the perception of Jawaiian's (a synthesis of Jamaican and Hawaiian music) musical meaning within the context of a local cultural identity by examining how this identity is mediated by the sound of the music, the song texts, and discourse about the genre by musicians and audience members. A subtheme developed here is the way reggae and its associated images and ideas, when transported to a different social system, take on a different symbolic meaning.
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