Stereotypes of Jamaicans
Jamaica is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located 90 miles south of Cuba, and 100 miles southwest of Haiti. Several common stereotypes about Jamaican people exist.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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A Rastafari man in a rasta cap at a port of Jamaica's Black River
Marijuana
Marijuana is a preparation of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a recreational drug and as medicine. Cannabis is locally known as weed, and internationally Jamaica, its reggae music, and cannabis consumption play a prominent role in Jamaica's public image.[9][10]
See also
- Jamaican people
- Jamaican culture
References
- Batson-Savage, Tanya (1 July 2010). "Through the Eyes of Hollywood: Reading Representations of Jamaicans in American Cinema". Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism. 14 (2 (32)): 42–55. doi:10.1215/07990537-2010-004. Retrieved 8 April 2019 – via read.dukeupress.edu.
- "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- "German media riffs on 'Jamaica coalition' – but not everyone is laughing". South China Morning Post. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- Richardson, Hannah (21 October 2011). "Black pupils 'failing on purpose'". BBC News. Retrieved 8 April 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "'Death' Marked By Stereotypes". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- Lopez, Qiuana; Hinrichs, Lars (1 June 2017). ""C'mon, Get Happy": The Commodification of Linguistic Stereotypes in a Volkswagen Super Bowl Commercial". Journal of English Linguistics. 45 (2): 130–156. doi:10.1177/0075424217702106.
- Richardson, Bonham C. (16 January 1992). The Caribbean in the Wider World, 1492-1992: A Regional Geography. Cambridge University Press. p. 132. ISBN 9780521359771. Retrieved 9 April 2019 – via Internet Archive.
Stereotypes of jamaicans.
- Romain, Gemma (7 September 2017). Race, Sexuality and Identity in Britain and Jamaica: The Biography of Patrick Nelson, 1916-1963. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472588654. Retrieved 9 April 2019 – via Google Books.
- Michael Veal (15 August 2013). Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-8195-7442-8.
- "'Dope n dreads' stereotypes as Germany mulls 'Jamaica' coalition". France 24. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
Further reading
- Batson-Savage, Tanya (June 2010). "Through the Eyes of Hollywood: Reading Representations of Jamaicans in American Cinema" (PDF). Small Axe. 14 (2): 42–55. doi:10.1215/07990537-2010-004.
- Cuthbert, Marlene (April–July 1979). "News Selection and News Values: Jamaica in the Foreign Press". Caribbean Studies. 19 (1/2): 93–109. JSTOR 25612861.
- Layng, Anthony (April 1975). "Stereotypes and Ethnic Relationships in the Caribbean". Caribbean Studies. 15 (1): 130–134. JSTOR 25612680.
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