las3jac pirates to reggae
FROM PIRATES TO REGGAE: THE HISTORY OF JAMAICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
LAS3JAC
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Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject students will look at how the Caribbean became a major theatre of contestation between the great maritime empires and saw Jamaica become the centre of British piracy. But the importance of Jamaica goes well beyond this colourful past. In the 20th and 21st centuries this little island has become a cultural powerhouse. Reggae and its musical derivatives emerged as the sound of global resistance from South Africa to East Timor and for Indigenous Australians, Maoris and even African-Brazilians.
FacultyFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorRalph Newmark
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites 30 credit points of second-year History and/or Art History
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditions 15 credit points of History or Art History and 15 credit points of any Humanities subject at first-year level or approval by the History Program Coordinator
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