Becoming Rasta: Origins of Rastafari Identity in Jamaica

by Charles Price and Charles Price

Book Overview

An exploration into why and how Jamaicans become Rastafari in spite of increasing incrimination of the religion

So much has been written about the Rastafari, yet we know so little about why and how people join the Rastafari movement. Although popular understandings evoke images of dreadlocks, reggae, and marijuana, Rastafarians were persecuted in their country, becoming a people seeking social justice. Yet new adherents continued...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814767478
• ISBN13: 9780814767474
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"