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Who changed Bob Marley's famous peace-and-love anthem into "Come to Jamaica and feel all right"? When did the Rastafarian fighting white colonial power become the smiling Rastaman spreading beach towels for American tourists? Drawing on research in social movement theory and protest m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: King, Stephen A., 1964- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Foster, P. Renee, Bays, Barry T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Reggae music.
Rastafari movement.
Music > Social aspects.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Reggae.
Rastafarisme > Jamaïque > Histoire.
Musique > Aspect social > Jamaïque.
Reggae > Jamaïque > Histoire et critique.
Rastafari movement > Jamaica > History.
Music > Social aspects > Jamaica.
Reggae music > Jamaica > History and criticism.
Jamaica.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Who changed Bob Marley's famous peace-and-love anthem into "Come to Jamaica and feel all right"? When did the Rastafarian fighting white colonial power become the smiling Rastaman spreading beach towels for American tourists? Drawing on research in social movement theory and protest music, Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control traces the history and rise of reggae and the story of how an island nation commandeered the music to fashion an image and entice tourists. Visitors to Jamaica are often unaware that reggae was a revolutionary music rooted in the suffering of Jamaica's po.
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781604730388

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