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    Bullets and Badges: Understanding the Relationships Between Cultural Commodities and Identity Formation in an Era of Gaza vs. Gully: A Jamaican “Rural” Ethnography

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    Genre
    Thesis/Dissertation
    Date
    2016
    Author
    Gould-Taylor, Sally
    Advisor
    Keith, Novella Zett
    Committee member
    Keith, Novella Zett
    Davis, James Earl, 1960-
    Jordan, Will J.
    Sanford-DeShields, Jayminn
    Department
    Urban Education
    Subject
    Education
    Anthropology, Cultural
    Caribbean Studies
    Cultural Commodities
    Dancehall
    Ethnogrpahy
    Identity Development
    Jamaica
    Youth
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/1329
    
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/1311
    Abstract
    This ethnographic study examines the relationships between cultural commodities and identity formation in a Jamaican rural locale. This study represents 24 months of participant observation, participant interviews and artifact analysis in St. Thomas, Jamaica. This study provides analytic descriptions of how identity development is experienced by youth in St. Thomas during the era of Gaza vs. Gully. Chapter one outlines the statement of the problem and the research questions. Chapter two frames the literature and theoretical frameworks utilized in the study. The methodology of the study and the case for the utilization of ethnography is explained in Chapter three. The social, cultural, and political context of St. Thomas as well as the Gaza vs. Gully era is discussed in Chapter four along with the introduction of the four main participants of the study. Chapter five utilizes examples and experiences from the lives of the four main participants to analyze the features of identity development in this specific “time and space”. Conclusions about and implications of the data from the participant observation presented will continue to be addressed in Chapter six. The study’s findings should interest anthropologists focused on popular culture, globalization, and development as well as educational researchers who seek to understand the role cultural commodities play in identity formation and the conceptualization of youth cultures.
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