Gainsbourg’s first reggae album marks a turning point in several ways: aesthetically, it “established Francophone reggae’s pedigree" ; economically, it provided Gainsbourg with his first real commercial success and gave rise to a new persona; lastly, both politically and culturally, it legitimated the participation of a white artist in “black diasporic culture” and the emergence of a new French scene. The following pages will address the album from these three angles.
Marc Kaiser. Gainsbourg in a Reggae Style: The Esthetics, Economics, and Politics of Aux Armes et Cætera. Serge Gainsbourg : An International Perspective, Bloomsbury - lien externe, 2024, 9781501365669. ⟨hal-04457168⟩ - lien externe
Citations
Kaiser, M. (2024). Gainsbourg in a Reggae Style: The Esthetics, Economics, and Politics of Aux Armes et Cætera. https://hal.science/hal-04457168v1
Kaiser, Marc. Gainsbourg in a Reggae Style: The Esthetics, Economics, and Politics of Aux Armes Et Cætera. Jan. 2024, https://hal.science/hal-04457168v1.
Kaiser, Marc. 2024. “Gainsbourg in a Reggae Style: The Esthetics, Economics, and Politics of Aux Armes Et Cætera.” https://hal.science/hal-04457168v1.
Kaiser, M. (2024) “Gainsbourg in a Reggae Style: The Esthetics, Economics, and Politics of Aux Armes et Cætera.” Available at: https://hal.science/hal-04457168v1.
KAISER, Marc, 2024. Gainsbourg in a Reggae Style: The Esthetics, Economics, and Politics of Aux Armes et Cætera [en ligne]. January 2024. Disponible à l'adresse : https://hal.science/hal-04457168v1