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Reggae, Rasta and the role of the deejay in the Black British experience [PDF]
, 2015 This article explores the role of Reggae music and Rastafari in the creation of alternative public arenas that served as spaces of resistance and sites of transcendental edification in post-war Britain.
Henry, William Anthony
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The Genetics of Host Plant Acceptance in Pea Aphids
Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 21, November 2025.ABSTRACT The evolution of host‐associated sympatric populations in phytophagous insects (so called “host races”) connects adaptive divergence to barriers to gene flow. Pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) host races specialise on legume species, and because host plant choice leads to assortative mating, the genetic basis of host plant acceptance is key to ...
Isobel Eyres +6 more
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From Memphis to Kingston: An Investigation into the Origin of Jamaican Ska [PDF]
, 2006 The distinguishing characteristic of most Jamaican popular music recordings, including reggae and its predecessor, ska, is an emphasis on the offbeat or afterbeat instead of on the downbeat, as found in most US pop music.
Kauppila, Paul
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Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 25, Issue 7, October 2025.ABSTRACT Reliable tools for the identification of genetic sex are invaluable in many fields of biology, but their design requires knowledge of sex‐linked sequences, which is lacking in many taxa. Restriction‐site‐associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) is widely used to identify sex‐linked markers, but multiple distinct strategies are employed, and it is ...
James France +4 more
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Liberating the Mind: Rastafari and the Theorization of Maroonage as Epistemological (Dis) engagement
Journal of Black Studies, 2020 This article explores the concept of maroonage (other spellings “maronage,” “marronnage,” and “marronage”) as a process of epistemological engagement and disengagement using the way in which the Rastafari movement constructs, organizes, and legitimates ...
Randy R. Goldson
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"Finding another face inside my face" : the semiotics of mime in Edgar Nkosi White's racialized dramaturgies [PDF]
, 2008 According to Tadeusz Kowzan, facial mime may be regarded as the system of kinetic signs that is closest to verbal expression. At the same time, as Kowzan contends, mime constitutes together with gesture the most personal and individualized expressive ...
Casado Gual, Núria
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Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 3, Issue 4, October 2025.Summary Delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9‐THC) is a naturally occurring psychoactive compound derived from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. In 2015, EFSA established an acute reference dose (ARfD) of 1 μg/kg body weight (bw) for Δ9‐THC and assessed acute dietary exposure from milk and dairy products.
Danijela Stražanac +9 more
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Why Don't They Sew Anymore?—Exploring the Decline of Home Garment Sewing
Journal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 35, Issue 5, September/October 2025.ABSTRACT This study examines the reasons for decreased home garment sewing and its implications for well‐being. Based on narratives from 395 elderly Finnish crafters, the research explores why many have ceased sewing garments at home. Using qualitative content analysis and the ideal‐type method, the study identifies diverse attitudes toward sewing and ...
Minna Kaipainen, Sinikka Pöllänen
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Temenos, 2015 Rastafari is an Afro-Jamaican religious and social movement, which has since the 1970s spread outside of the Caribbean mainly through reggae music. This paper contributes to the academic discussion on the localization processes of Rastafari and reggae ...
Tuomas Järvenpää
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‘If your hair Is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they’re not happy’ : Black hair as a site of ‘post-racial’ social control in English schools [PDF]
, 2018 A growing body of literature examines how social control is embedded within, and enacted through, key social institutions generally, and how it impacts disproportionately upon racially minoritised people specifically.
Connelly, LJ, Joseph-Salisbury, R
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