Chanting down Babylon

Name: Chanting down Babylon
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ISBN: 9781566395847

ISBN-10: 1566395844

ISBN-13: 9781566395847

Edition: 1998

Authors: Nathaniel Samuel Murrell, William D. Spencer, Adrian A. McFarlane

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This anthology explores Rastafari religion, culture, and politics in Jamaica and other parts of the African diaspora. An Afro-Caribbean religious and cultural movement that sprang from the streets of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1930s, today Rastafari has close to one million adherents. The basic message of Rastafari—the dismantling of all oppressive institutions and the liberation of humankind—even has strong appeal to non-believers who are captivated by reggae music, the lyrics, and the "immortal spirit" of its enormously popular practitioner, Bob Marley. Probing into Rastafari's still evolving belief system, political goals, and cultural expression, the contributors to this volume emphasize…

Book details

List price: $43.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 3/23/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.90" tall
Weight: 2.222
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Rastafari Phenomenon




Dread "I" In-a-Babylon: Ideological Resistance and Cultural Revitalization




Rastas' Psychology of Blackness, Resistance, and Somebodiness




Rastafari and the Exorcism of the Ideology of Racism and Classism in Jamaica




Gender and Family Relations in Rastafari: A Personal Perspective




Rastawoman as Rebel: Case Studies in Jamaica




The Epistemological Significance of "I-an-I" as a Response to Quashie and Anancyism in Jamaican Culture




African Dimensions of the Jamaican Rastafarian Movement




Marcus Garvey and the Early Rastafarians: Continuity and Discontinuity




Who Is Haile Selassie? His Imperial Majesty in Rasta Voices




The Rasta-Selassie-Ethiopian Connections




Chanting Down Babylon Outernational: The Rise of Rastafari in Europe, the Caribbean, and the Pacific




Chanting Down Babylon in the Belly of the Beast: The Rastafarian Movement in the Metropolitan United States




Personal Reflections on Rastafari in West Kingston in the Early 1950s




From Burru Drums to Reggae Ridims: The Evolution of Rasta Music




Bob Marley: Rasta Warrior




Chanting Change around the World through Rasta Ridim and Art




Towering Babble and Glimpses of Zion: Recent Depictions of Rastafari in Cinema




Discourse on Rastafarian Reality




The Black Biblical Hermeneutics of Rastafari




The Structure and Ethos of Rastafari




The First Chant: Leonard Howell's The Promised Key


Commentary




Rastafari's Messianic Ideology and Caribbean Theology of Liberation




Emissaries of Rastafari: An Interview with Professor Leonard Barrett




Who Is Who in the Rasta Academy: A Literature Review in Honor of Leonard Barrett



Glossary


About the Contributors


Index