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 InfoIllinois : Waveland Press, Inc., c1993.
Description1 online resource (xi, [1], 139 p.).
Supplemental Contenthttps://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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137).
LanguageThis edition in English.