Wayne State University Wayne State University Dissertations January 2019 Distillation Of Sound: Dub In Jamaica And The Creation Of Culture Eric J. Abbey Wayne State University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations Part of the Music Commons, and the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Abbey, Eric J., "Distillation Of Sound: Dub In Jamaica And The Creation Of Culture" (2019). Wayne State University Dissertations. 2198. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/2198 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@WayneState. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wayne State University Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@WayneState. DISTILLATION OF SOUND: DUB IN JAMAICA AND THE CREATION OF CULTURE by ERIC ABBEY DISSERTATION Submitted to the Graduate School of Wayne State University, Detroit, MI in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY 2019 MAJOR: ENGLISH (Film and Media Studies) Approved By: _______________________________________________ Advisor Date _______________________________________________ Date _______________________________________________ Date _______________________________________________ Date © COPYRIGHT BY ERIC ABBEY 2019 All Rights Reserved DEDICATION To Owen and Brendan: Keep Creating ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This project would not have been possible without the support of the people in my life. Thank you to everyone who has ever played a role. To Owen and Brendan for being my hooligans. To Cassandra for allowing me to feel the peace that was needed to complete this project. To Jeremy Abbey for the constant push. To everyone at Eastern Kendo Club for understanding my absence while working on this project.