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Deborah A. Thomas
Thomas is Professor and Chair of the Graduate Group in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of "Modern Blackness: Nationalism, Globalization, and The Politics of Culture in Jamaica", "Exceptional Violence: Embodied Citizenship in Transnational Jamaica", and co-editor of the volume "Globalization and Race: Transformations in the Cultural Production of Blackness". Prior to her life as an academic, she was a professional dancer with the New York-based Urban Bush Women.
AVAILABLE FROM TWN: Bad Friday: Rastafari After Coral Gardens
Deborah A. Thomas & John L. Jackson, Jr. & Junior “Gabu” Wedderburn
Producer: Deborah A. Thomas, John L. Jackson, Jr., Junior “Gabu” Wedderburn, & Junior “Ista J” Manning
2011, 63 min., Color, Jamaica
For many around the world, Jamaica conjures up images of pristine beach vacations with a pulsating reggae soundtrack. The country, however, has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world...
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