Rude Citizenship

Larisa Kingston Mann, assistant professor of media studies and production at Temple University, has worked as a performing DJ and event organizer for more than twenty years.

"By questioning the fundamental underlying assumptions in Western conceptions of musical and sonic composition with examples from Jamaican popular music, Mann's provocation in Rude Citizenship asks readers to question their understanding of auteurship, originality and notions of musical talent."--Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture "Rude Citizenship is thought-provoking and raises questions for future investigation regarding how disadvantaged populations from Jamaica and other postcolonial societies resist existing power imbalances by engaging with musical practices to flourish."--International Journal of Communication "Interesting, thought-provoking and stimulating. It will guide you through a journey to discover the beauties and secrets of Jamaican music, from the mento of the 50s to the modern era."--Sonic Street Technologies "The concept of the original . . . crystalizes much of the important work Rude Citizenship does: understanding Jamaican practices of music-making on their own terms; emphasizing how, in this context, creativity is understood as relational; and working through the legal tensions that result. The book is of interest to scholars approaching music through cultural studies of law, contextually-specific conceptualizations of creativity, or 20th and 21st century Jamaica."--Popular Music "This book presents scholars and music lovers alike with a powerful interdisciplinary investigation of how Jamaican popular music enables the island's oppressed classes to resist the predations of postcolonial society. Using the lens of copyright law and its ability to define culture as property owned by individuals, Larisa Mann exposes the inadequacies of copyright's legal framework to render visible Jamaican popular music practices."--New West Indian Guide