tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post4588016664817894925..comments2024-02-05T17:15:59.703-06:00Comments on hawgblawg: Jamaican dancehall kufiyasTed Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-73645277585082211532008-10-03T14:38:00.000-05:002008-10-03T14:38:00.000-05:00OK--I read it. On the one hand there are gays and ...OK--I read it. <BR/>On the one hand there are gays and lesbians calling on this music to be denounced and boycotted because it celebrates horrific violence, while on the other hand there are academics analyzing its "trangressive" and "contradictory" nature. It DOES remind of the kuffiyah, in fact--a vicious symbol of hatred and murder that is adopted by rich, detached, hipsters. <BR/>It really brings into stark relief the contrast between what academics in Arkansas (and elsewhere) wish were the case, and the violence that gays and Jews actually live with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-9346504743121044142008-10-03T11:13:00.000-05:002008-10-03T11:13:00.000-05:00Read the wayne&wax post I provide a link to. W...Read the wayne&wax post I provide a link to. Wayne and several folks who comment on his posts note that the kufiya dance vid I comment on, as well as several others, point to a gaying or at least a metrosexualization going on in Jamaican dancehall culture, both in Jamaica and in the diaspora. Apparently the kufiya isn't contradictory to this phenomenon.Ted Swedenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-66062276132999173362008-10-03T07:00:00.000-05:002008-10-03T07:00:00.000-05:00I wonder if dancehall aficionados wear when they s...I wonder if dancehall aficionados wear when they set homosexuals on fire? I suppose that might be common ground between them and Islamists. kuffiyasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com