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Representations of Female Sexuality in the Lyrics of Bob Marley and Shabba Ranks choose

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[US] C. Cooper Female Sexuality in Lyrics of Bob Marley and Shabba Ranks 17: The emphasis on the mobility of the woman’s bottom, the seat of pleasure, is particularly pronounced. The wearing of the ‘bati-rider’ emphasizes the woman’s gross assets.
at batty rider (n.) under batty, n.2
[US] (ref. to 1940s) C. Cooper Female Sexuality in Lyrics of Bob Marley and Shabba Ranks 3: Like the revolutionary lyrics of the 1940’s original rude boy, Rhygin Ivan, of the movie The Harder They Come.
at rude boy, n.
[US] C. Cooper Female Sexuality in Lyrics of Bob Marley and Shabba Ranks 2: The lovey-dovey, peace-making Bob Marley that Willis fabricates bears absolutely no resemblance to the incendiary, bull-bucking, duppy-conquering, Tuff Gong Rastaman.
at bull-bucka (n.) under bull, n.1
[US] C. Cooper Female Sexuality in Lyrics of Bob Marley and Shabba Ranks 9: In the words of Shabba Ranks; Wan juk, wan wash [...] A neks man welkom.
at juke, v.2
[US] C. Cooper Female Sexuality in Lyrics of Bob Marley and Shabba Ranks 1: Conventional wisdom in Jamaica [...] defines Bob Marley’s reggae lyrics as the peak of ‘culture’ and Shabba Ranks’s lyrics as the veritable bottom of ‘slackness’.
at slackness (n.) under slack, n.1
[US] C. Cooper Female Sexuality in Lyrics of Bob Marley and Shabba Ranks 4: This is classic Jamaican sweet-mouth talk.
at sweetmouth, adj.
[US] C. Cooper Female Sexuality in Lyrics of Bob Marley and Shabba Ranks 2: 1980’s violence versus 1970’s peace [...] toasting versus singing.
at toast, v.2
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