FROM PIRATES TO REGGAE: THE HISTORY OF JAMAICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
LAS2JAC
Not currently offered
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.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Ralph Newmark
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
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Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: HIS3JAC OR HIS2JAC OR LAS3JAC
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
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