“Tuck in Yuh Belly”
Imperatives of Female Slenderness in Jamaican Dancehall Music
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18980466 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrea Elizabeth Shaw (Nova Southeastern University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 140-152 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Fat Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2160-486X • E-ISSN: 2160-4851 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21604851.2012.650033 |
| OpenAlex | W2101873817 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Reggae songs such as Clancy Eccles's (2010 Eccles, Clancy. 2010. “Fatty, Fatty”. In Fatty Fatty 1967–1969, Sanctuary Records Fontana. [Google Scholar]) “Fatty, Fatty” and Buju Banton's (2000) Buju, Banton. ANTI- 2000. Di Woman Dem Phat. Unchained Spirit., [Google Scholar] “Di Woman Dem Phat” have traditionally celebrated the fat, black woman's body as an agent of desire. However, some more recent discourses such as Left Side and Esco's (2005 Left Side and Esco. 2005. “Tuck in Yuh Belly”. In Riddim Driven—Throw Back Giggy, V.P. Music Group, Inc. [Google Scholar]) “Tuck in Yuh Belly” suggest an impending reversal of this celebration of fleshiness. The author explores representations of female fatness in masculine discourses from the Jamaican dancehall music arena, specifically those discourses that pathologize fat and suggest the preferred desirability of slenderness
Aesthetics · Art · Sociology · Visual arts · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Gender Studies
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |