Professor Carolyn Cooper
Carolyn Cooper is a professor of literary and cultural studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. She has written extensively on cultural politics in Jamaica. She is the author of Sound Clash: Jamaican Dancehall Culture at Large (2004); and Noises in the Blood: Orality, Gender and the ‘Vulgar’ Body of Jamaican Popular Culture (1993). She is the editor of Global Reggae (2012), a distinguished collection of essays on the cross-cultural dynamics of Jamaican popular music.
In 1992, Professor Cooper initiated the establishment of the International Reggae Studies Centre at the University of the West Indies, Mona and provided intellectual leadership for the enterprise for a decade and a half. In 2010 she launched her own Global Reggae Studies Centre as a private sector initiative.
Professor Cooper frequently contributes to debates on cultural politics in the local and international media. She currently writes a weekly column for the Sunday Gleaner which she irregularly translates into the Jamaican language for her blog, Jamaican Woman Tongue. Professor Cooper is a public intellectual committed to broadening the audience for vital conversations about culture and identity across the Caribbean region and beyond.
In 1992, Professor Cooper initiated the establishment of the International Reggae Studies Centre at the University of the West Indies, Mona and provided intellectual leadership for the enterprise for a decade and a half. In 2010 she launched her own Global Reggae Studies Centre as a private sector initiative.
Professor Cooper frequently contributes to debates on cultural politics in the local and international media. She currently writes a weekly column for the Sunday Gleaner which she irregularly translates into the Jamaican language for her blog, Jamaican Woman Tongue. Professor Cooper is a public intellectual committed to broadening the audience for vital conversations about culture and identity across the Caribbean region and beyond.