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9780807010396

The Rastafarians

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807010396

  • ISBN10:

    0807010391

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 1997-12-12
  • Publisher: Beacon Press

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Summary

The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic study of the culture, religion, history, ideology, and influence of the Rastafarians of Jamaica. "Barrett offers the most comprehensive study to date of the Rastafarians." --Bulletin of the Center for the Study of World Religions "The most thorough, careful consideration of the Rasta phenomenon available to the general reader." -- The Boston Phoenix

Author Biography

Leonard E. Barrett, Sr., is graduate professor of religion at Temple University, and author of Soul-Force.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Paradise Island
1(28)
Domination and Resistance in Jamaican History
29(39)
Ethiopianism in Jamaica
68(35)
Beliefs, Rituals, and Symbols
103(43)
An Ambivalent Routinization
146(21)
Dissonance and Consonance
167(43)
After Selassie: The Rastafarians Since 1975
210(38)
Where Go the Rastafarians?
248(19)
Afterword 267(4)
Appendix 271(10)
Notes 281(14)
Bibliography 295(4)
Index 299

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