King Yellowman: Meaningful Bodies in Jamaican Dancehall Culture

Contents

• Preface ix
• Acknowledgements xiii
• Introduction 1
• Part 1. The Life and Times of Yellowman
• 1 Abandoned: The Early Life of Winston "Yellowman" Foster, 1957-1971 19
• 2 From Alpha to Eventide: The Teenage Years, 1971-1976 30
• 3 Ranking Dundus: Breaking into the Music Business, 1977-1978 46
• 4 Mad over Me: Tastee Talent Competition to Aces International, 1979-1981 74
• 5 Ram Jam Master, 1981 94
• 6 Jamaica Proud of Me, 1982 127
• 7 King Yellowman, 1983-1984 150
• 8 Can't Hide from Jah: Encounters with Religion 178
• 9 Sufferation, That's All I Know: Cancer, 1985 192
• 10 Message to the World: Prayer and More Slackness 200
• Part 2. Meaningful Bodies in Jamaican Dancehall Culture
• 11 Yellowman, Race, Sex and Masculinity 225
• 12 Yellowman in Reggae Histories and Scholarship 248
• 13 Yellowman, Slackness and Social Critique 286
• 14 Yellowman as Moral Regulator 296
• 15 Yellowman, Sex and Religion 313
• Conclusion 335
• Appendix 1: "Galong Galong Galong" 339
• Appendix 2: Selected Album Covers 341
• Notes 347
• References 357
• Index 369