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Rastafari - From Outcasts to Cultural Bearers (Paperback)
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Rastafari - From Outcasts to Cultural Bearers (Paperback)
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Once an obscure group of outcasts from the ghettoes of West
Kingston, Jamaica, the Rastafarians have transformed themselves
into a vibrant movement, firmly grounded in Jamaican society and
beyond. In Rastafari, Ennis Barrington Edmonds provides a
compelling portrait of the Rastafarian phenomenon and chronicles
how this group, much maligned and persecuted, became a dominant
cultural force in the world today. Edmonds charts the evolution of
the relationship between Rastafari and the wider Jamaican society,
from confrontation and repression to grudging tolerance and
eventually to cultural integration. Edmonds focuses in particular
on the internal development of Rastafarianism as a social movement,
with its network of "houses" (small, informal groups that form
around leading Rastas) and "mansions" (larger, more communal
associations), to track the process of this strikingly successful
integration. He further demonstrates how Rastafarian artistic
creativity, especially in fashioning the music and message of
reggae, was a significant factor in the transition of Rastas from
the status of outcasts to the position of cultural bearers.
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