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Rastafari. The word immediately conjures a host of strong, disparate images. To some, the Rastafarian Movement, which emerged from the ghettos of Jamaica in the 1930s, is embodied by a dreadlocked youth in a haze of marijuana smoke. To others, it represents an authentic, organic expression of working-class culture, a vibrant movement that has expanded to North America, the British Isles, and Africa. Ennis Barrington Edmonds moves beyond simple stereotypes to provide a compelling portrait of the Rastafarian phenomenon and chronicle how a once-obscure group, much maligned and persecuted as an internal threat to Jamaican society, became an international cultural force. He focuses in particular on the internal development of Rastafarianism as a social movement to track the process of this strikingly successful integration. He also demonstrates how African and Afro-Christian religions, Ethiopianism, and Garveyism were all fused into the Rastafari posture of resistance, organised as it is around charismatic figures. Rastafari presents an intimate account of a unique movement, which over the course of several decades institutionalised itself to become the international cultural, political, and musical force it is today.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Humanities Religion & beliefs Other non-Christian religions

• Full title: Rastafari
• Subtitle: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers
• Author: Ennis Barrington Edmonds
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 208
• EAN: 9780195133769
• ISBN: 0195133765
• ID: 04514972
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Weight: 519 g
• Dimensions: 240 × 162 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. January 2003

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