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Pre-order Releases May 11, 2027

Hardcover

Amplifying Power: The Shaping of the Jamaican Sound System

by Julian Henriques

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400 pages Duke University Press ISBN 9781478035046
Amplifying Power: The Shaping of the Jamaican Sound System book cover by Julian Henriques
Ships on release · May 11 Releases Tuesday, May 11, 2027. Pre-order now: your copies ship on release and usually arrive around the release date.

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Amplifying Power

In Amplifying Power, Julian Henriques analyzes the reggae sound system as both a technical instrument and a cultural artifact central to the “Jamaican sound.” To discover how this distinctive sound is created, Henriques positions sound systems as active, creative agents within dancehall culture, listening to them not simply as playback devices but as musical instruments in their own right. Sound engineers “play” their instrument by employing phonomorphic techniques—practices like amplifying, filtering, mixing, and transducing—to shape Jamaica’s unique sonic signature, leading sound system engineering to be a potent example of the creative relationships between technological instruments and Afro-diasporic cultural practices. Henriques demonstrates that Jamaican sound systems function as tools of resistance, resilience, and community cohesion and are key to asserting Black freedom and collective futures.

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Publisher
Duke University Press
Author
Julian Henriques
Format
Hardcover
Release date
May 11, 2027
ISBN-13
9781478035046
ISBN-10
1478035048
Pages
400

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