The church, morality and dancehall
One side
Guarding public morality
The other
Silencing the authentic voice of the poor
What was argued
A neutral account of a recurring debate: church and civic voices have framed dancehall as a threat to public morality, while defenders frame such campaigns as silencing the authentic voice of the poor. Scholars read these episodes through a moral-panic lens. No verdict.
The records this concerns
Sources
Jamaica Gleaner ('Ban vulgar sessions', 19 Feb 2009); Global Voices; academic media studies