Ganja Struggles: Rastafari and the Contestation for Cannabis Rights in Jamaica
This essay examines the theological and socioeconomic impacts of the creation of the Jamaican marijuana industry on the Rastafari faith in Jamaica and, mainly, how Rastas are navigating the forces of governmental regulation and global capitalist control of the holy herb. I argue that the scope of th...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
[2020]
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Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 55, Issue: 4, Pages: 569-594 |
RelBib Classification: | BR Ancient religions of the Americas KBR Latin America XA Law |
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Rastafari
B Resistance B Ambivalence B Sacralization B herbalism B Postcolonial B Marijuana B Babylon B Natural Theology B livity |
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