Becoming Rasta: origins of Rastafari identity in Jamaica
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
New York, NY [u.a.]
New York Univ. Press
c2009
|
| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jamaica
/ Rastafari
/ National consciousness
/ Cultural identity
|
| Further subjects: | B
Rastafari movement (Jamaica)
B Jamaica Religion B Blacks Race identity (Jamaica) B Blacks Race identity Jamaica B Identification (religion) B Rastafari movement Jamaica B Identification (Religion) B Jamaica Religion |
| Online Access: |
Cover (Publisher) Table of Contents (Publisher) Blurb (Publisher) |
| Item Description: | Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index. - Preface -- Introduction -- Race formation and morally configured Black identities -- Ethnogenesis, surprise, and collective identity formation -- The positive power of stigma and Black identity -- Encounters -- Acts of identity work -- Rastafari nation on the move: identity and change -- Conclusion: Toward a more comprehensive understanding of racial identity formation |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | XX, 267 S., Ill., Kt., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-8147-6746-X 0-8147-6747-8 978-0-8147-6746-7 978-0-8147-6747-4 |
