Bob Marley and Media: Representation and Audiences

Bob Marley and Media: Representation and Audiences explores the media's representation of Bob Marley, including his popularity after his death, and examines unexplored connections between Marley and media representation, covering tabloids, music magazines, fanzines, radio, and television interviews. It builds an extensive catalogue of Marley's media engagements and connects him to media through forms of political discourse and ideologies relevant to social change in different contexts globally.

Format: Hardback
Length: 142 pages
Publication date: 15 February 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bob Marley and Media: Representation and Audiences is a comprehensive analysis of how media, radio, television, and print portrayed Bob Marley, including his posthumous popularity. Mike Hajimichael delves into unexplored connections between Marley and media representation, examining coverage in tabloids, music magazines, fanzines, radio, and television interviews. Hajimichael constructs a vast collection of Bob Marley's media engagements, linking him to media through various forms of political discourse and ideologies relevant to social change in diverse global contexts, such as civil rights, anti-racism, Rastafari, and liberation movements. Recognizing the existence of diverse representations, the book unpacks these media discourses, exploring public perceptions and key themes articulated, including mainstream versus fan-based coverage, issues of Rastafari, Black Consciousness, economic crisis, legacies of colonialism, slavery, racism, connections to other music idioms, concepts of identity, and Marley's personal relationships.

Weight: 364g
Dimension: 157 x 237 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538165454