Institute of Caribbean Studies

Welcome,

If you haven‘t already heard, the growing area of cultural and creative industries is our forte, and our flagship Cultural Studies, and Entertainment & Cultural Enterprise Management undergraduate and graduate programmes have attracted persons locally, regionally and internationally. We are grateful that you found your way here to explore what we do as a department.

Publications

Articles A Study on the Creative Industry as a Pillar of Sustained Growth and Diversification – The Film And Music Sectors In Jamaica: Lessons From Case Studies of Successful Firms and Ventures by Hendrickson, M. & Stanley Niaah, S READ NOW Report on the Expert Group Meeting on the Film and Music…Continue reading “Publications”

Welcome,

Publications

2018 CSA Conference

6th Global Reggae Conference – Reggae Innovation and Sound System Culture II – February 2019

Fi Wi Cultural Studies: Film, Culture and Identity by Kam-Au Ron Amen

Christian Women’s Perceptions of Gender Roles and Behaviours, and Implications for Transforming Accepted Gender Norms in Jamaica by Karen Casilda Levy

Early Reading Books and Jamaican Identity: Re-visiting a Postcolonial Perspective by Cecille Inez Maye-Hemmings

Interrogating Notions of Gender and Hegemonic Masculinity in Jamaica: The Case of the Woman Ballers! by Karen D. Madden

Vocal Styles in Jamaica: A Study of Hegemonic Dissolution Displayed in Popular Music Culture and the Role Society Played in Informing Them by Nadine Theresa Simone Sutherland

The Advancement of Women as Diplomatic Representatives Overseas: An Anglophone Caribbean Perspective by Dalton St. George Myers

Jazz in the Caribbean and its Influence on the Wider Society. An Exploration of the Cultural Elements that went into the Creation of Jazz: Markers of Identity by Merna Hague Bradshaw

Sell off or Sell Out?: Experiential Marketing Using the Massive Jamaican Dancehall Market, 2005 – 2015 by Melville Brenton Cooke