Smiley Culture: A Hybrid Voice for the Commonwealth

Smiley Culture’s career illuminates the formal and informal structures of identity in multicultural Britain and the Commonwealth. Through his surprise breakthrough singles, popularity in the press and role as a figurehead of the Commonwealth Institute, he

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PALGRAVE STU HISTORY O DIES IN THE F SU AND POPU BCULTURES LAR MUSIC

Narrativ es from Be yond th e UK Regg ae Bass line The Syst em is So

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Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music

Series Editors Keith Gildart University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton, UK Anna Gough-Yates University of Roehampton London, UK Sian Lincoln Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool, UK Bill Osgerby London Metropolitan University London, UK Lucy Robinson University of Sussex Brighton, UK John Street University of East Anglia Norwich, UK Peter Webb University of the West of England Bristol, UK Matthew Worley University of Reading Reading, UK

From 1940s zoot-suiters and hepcats through 1950s rock ‘n’ rollers, beatniks and Teddy boys; 1960s surfers, rude boys, mods, hippies and bikers; 1970s skinheads, soul boys, rastas, glam rockers, funksters and punks; on to the heavy metal, hip-hop, casual, goth, rave and clubber styles of the 1980s, 90s, noughties and beyond, distinctive blends of fashion and music have become a defining feature of the cultural landscape. The Subcultures Network series is international in scope and designed to explore the social and political implications of subcultural forms. Youth and subcultures will be located in their historical, socio-economic and cultural context; the motivations and meanings applied to the aesthetics, actions and manifestations of youth and subculture will be assessed. The objective is to facilitate a genuinely cross-disciplinary and transnational outlet for a burgeoning area of academic study.

More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14579

William ‘Lez’ Henry · Matthew Worley Editors

Narratives from Beyond the UK Reggae Bassline The System is Sound

Editors William ‘Lez’ Henry School of Human and Social Sciences University of West London London, UK

Matthew Worley University of Reading Reading, UK

ISSN 2730-9517 ISSN 2730-9525 (electronic) Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music ISBN 978-3-030-55160-5 ISBN 978-3-030-55161-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55161-2 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publish