Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Stephen A., 1964- (Author)
Other Authors: Foster, P. Renee, Bays, Barry T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PART ONE (1959-1971)
  • Ska and the roots of Rastafarian musical protest
  • Rocksteady, the Rude Boy, and the political awakening of Rastafari
  • Early reggae, Black power, and the politicization of Rastafari
  • Jamaica Labour Party's "policy of the beast" : the rhetoric of social control strategies
  • PART TWO (1972-1980)
  • International reggae : popularization and polarization of Rastafari
  • Michael Manley and the People's National Party's co-optation of the Rastafari and reggae.

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