Soul rebels : the Rastafari / William F. Lewis ; with foreword by Serena Nanda ; edited by Joan Young Gregg.
| Author/creator | Lewis, William F. |
| Other author | Gregg, Joan Young. |
| Other author | Nanda, Serena. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Illinois : Waveland Press, Inc., c1993. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xi, [1], 139 p.). |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;1668910 |
| Subjects |
| Contents | History of the Rastafari -- A fishing community in Jamaica -- Urban Rastas in Kingston, Jamaica -- Rastas in a Kingston suburb -- Commentary -- The Rastafari and the Jamaican state -- The deputy inspector and the Rastas -- Urban Rastas, U.S.A. -- Rastas and symbolic action -- Repatriation -- Legal tensions -- Rastafari as a social movement: between charisma and institution. |
| Review | "Book-length monograph on the Rastafari uses both historical and participant observation ethnographic methods. Contains chapters on history of the movement, its adaptation to the urban area of Kingston, relationships with the Jamaican State, growth of Rastafari in the US, symbolism, problems with the law, and status of the social movement - or its evolution from charisma to institution"- -Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 137). |
| Language | This edition in English. |