City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works Publications and Research John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2006 The Riddim Method: Aesthetics, Practice, and Ownership in Jamaican Dancehall Peter L. Manuel CUNY Graduate Center Wayne Marshall How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/jj_pubs/311 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact:
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