Professor Carolyn Cooper (Ph. D) is a West Indian author and literary scholar. Born in Jamaica, Dr. Cooper currently heads the department of Literary and Cultural Studies, at the University of the West Indies, Mona Jamaica. For the past 26 years she has lectured at the University of the West Indies, Department of Literature in English. The University of the West Indies (UWI) is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 16 countries and territories in the Caribbean - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. ... Mona is a neighbourhood in the southeastern St. ...

In 1968 she was awarded the Jamaica Scholarship which three years later culminated with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in English (B.A. English). In 1972 she proceeded to the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada to pursue her Masters Degree in English, which was followed by the completion of her Ph. D at the same institution. The University of Toronto (U of T) is a coeducational public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Books

• Cooper, Carolyn J. Sound clash: Jamaican Dancehal Culture at Large
• Wint, Eleanor, Cooper, Carolyn J. Bob Marley: The Man and His Music
• Cooper, Carolyn J. Noises In The Blood: Orality, Gender and the 'Vulgar' Body of Jamaican Popular Culture

Journals

• Cooper, Carolyn J. Enslaved In Stereotypes: Race and Representation in Post-independence Jamaica
• Cooper, Carolyn J. Punany Powah
• Cooper, Carolyn J. 'West Indies plight': Louise Bennett and The Cultural Politics of Federation
• Cooper, Carolyn J. Race and the cultural politics of self-representation: A View from the University of the West Indies
• Cooper, Carolyn J. Lyrical Gun: Metaphor and Role Play in Jamaican Dancehall Culture
• Cooper, Carolyn J. Ragamuffin sounds: Crossing over from reggae to rap and back
• Cooper, Carolyn J. Loosely talking theory: Oral/Sexual Discourse in Jamaican Popular Culture

Awards

• Association of Commonwealth Univerties Academic Exchange Fellow, University of South Pacific, Fiji, September - October, 1993