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267 p., Draws on in-depth interviews to reveal the personal experiences of those who adopted the religion in the 1950s to 1970s, one generation past the movement's emergence . By talking with these Rastafari elders, he seeks to understand why and how Jamaicans became Rastafari in spite of rampant discrimination, and what sustains them in their faith and identity.
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282 p, A popular exposition of the theology of the Rastafarians. Attempts to allow the Rasta to explain their doctrines in their own words, examining all key doctrines in different chapters.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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282 p., A popular exposition of the theology of the Rastafarians. Attempts to allow the Rasta to explain their doctrines in their own words, examining all key doctrines in different chapters.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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182 p., Explores the dialogue between two central institutions in African Caribbean life: the church and the dancehall. Beckford highlights how Dub – one of the central features of dancehall culture – can be mobilized as a framework for re-evaluating theology, taking apart doctrine and reconstructing it under the influence of a guiding theme.
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75 p.
Rastafari: the background of the movement, the emergence and development movement, lifestyle, Rastafari: the background of the movement, the emergence and development movement, lifestyle.
Rastafari: the background of the movement, the emergence and development movement, lifestyle
Rastafari: the background of the movement, the emergence and development movement, lifestyle
Rastafari: the background of the movement, the emergence and development movement, lifestyle
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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302 p, Contents: Paradise Island -- Domination and resistance in Jamaican history -- Ethiopianism in Jamaica -- Beliefs, rituals, and symbols -- An ambivalent routinization -- Dissonance and consonance -- After Selassie : the Rastafarians since 1975 -- Where go the Rastafarians?
Wynter,Sylvia (Author), Bogues,Anthony (Author), and Eudell,Demetrius Lynn (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
Kingston ; Miami: I. Randle
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Originally published: London : J. Cape, 1962., 340 p., Written in the late 1950s on the cusp of Jamaica's independence from Britain, The Hills of Hebron tells the story of a group of formerly enslaved Jamaicans as they attempt to create a new life and assert themselves against the colonial power.
