Tanya Batson-Savage
Biographic Data
| ID | 2387431 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tanya Batson-Savage |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tanya |
| FAMILY NAME | Batson-Savage |
| SIGNATURE | BATSON-SAVAGE T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Through the Eyes of Hollywood
While the Jamaican film industry is still fledgling, Jamaicans and Jamaica have made many cameos and acted as the background against which stories from Hollywood and other areas around the world are crafted. This article takes particular aim at three films: The Mighty Quinn (1989), Sharktale (2004), and Transporter 2 (2005), which are analyzed to explore the links between narrative, power, and representation and read beyond the cinematic text, ex…
Hol’ Awn Mek a Answer mi Cellular’
Jamaicans have dialled into cellular technology at an amazing rate. Currently, there are 2.7 million cellular phone subscribers in Jamaica (ITU, 2005), a country with a population of 2.6 million pe
The Buffoon and Representation
The proposed paper is an initial exploration into comedic theatre's role and/or relationship to expressing and excavating a Jamaican identity. It is built on an analysis of the character Oliver, portrayed by the actor Oliver Samuels. The paper explores the idea of Samuels and by extension the character Oliver, as an icon of Jamaican theatre. It analyses the role of the icon as both representing and impacting on the Jamaican identity while examini…
Hol’ Awn Mek a Answer mi Cellular’
Jamaicans have dialled into cellular technology at an amazing rate. Currently, there are 2.7 million cellular phone subscribers in Jamaica (ITU, 2005), a country with a population of 2.6 million pe
Hol’ Awn Mek a Answer mi Cellular’
Jamaicans have dialled into cellular technology at an amazing rate. Currently, there are 2.7 million cellular phone subscribers in Jamaica (ITU, 2005), a country with a population of 2.6 million pe
The Buffoon and Representation
The proposed paper is an initial exploration into comedic theatre's role and/or relationship to expressing and excavating a Jamaican identity. It is built on an analysis of the character Oliver, portrayed by the actor Oliver Samuels. The paper explores the idea of Samuels and by extension the character Oliver, as an icon of Jamaican theatre. It analyses the role of the icon as both representing and impacting on the Jamaican identity while examini…
Through the Eyes of Hollywood
While the Jamaican film industry is still fledgling, Jamaicans and Jamaica have made many cameos and acted as the background against which stories from Hollywood and other areas around the world are crafted. This article takes particular aim at three films: The Mighty Quinn (1989), Sharktale (2004), and Transporter 2 (2005), which are analyzed to explore the links between narrative, power, and representation and read beyond the cinematic text, ex…
Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Demography (1 work)