The Ganja Complex - Rastafari and Marijuana (Hardcover)

In The Ganja Complex Ansley Hamid skillfully welds together two decades of ethnographic research on marijuana in the Caribbean and the United States. Hamid juxtaposes an in-depth study of the spread of Rastafari in the 1970s with an examination of the rise of an international marijuana economy. This revisionist work departs radically from previous scholarship by identifying Rastafari, not as a messianic or millenarian cult, but as a participant in the essential functions of a community's overall economic life. It demonstrates how Rastafari has revitalized third-world economies using indigenous resources, capital, and talent, and documents the internationalization of the 5000-year-old Asian pattern of marijuana use--centered about worship of the Hindu god Shiva--that is the "ganja complex."

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2002
First published:	September 2010
Authors:	Ansley Hamid
Dimensions:	238 x 161 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-0360-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-0360-1
Barcode:	9780739103609

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