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Direct linkCooper, Carolyn – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2004
Apache Indian's spectacular performance of the identity of "Jamaican" dancehall DJ exemplifies the problematic politics of acculturation in "postcolonial" Britain. Born in the Handsworth district of Birmingham, a major centre of Caribbean and South Asian migration, this multilingual, border-crossing, urban youth appropriates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acculturation, Popular Culture, Music
