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The Rastafarians: Twentieth Anniversary Edition
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The Rastafarians: Twentieth Anniversary Edition Paperback - 1997

by Leonard E. Barrett

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Here is the twentieth anniversary edition of the classic study of the culture, religion, history, ideology, and influence of the Rastafarians of Jamaica. "Barrett offers the most comprehensive study to date of the Rastafarians".--BULLETIN of the Center for the Study of World Religions. Bibliography. Index. Photos.

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  • Title The Rastafarians: Twentieth Anniversary Edition
  • Author Leonard E. Barrett
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 20 Anv
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Beacon Press, Boston
  • Date 1997-12-12
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0807010391
  • ISBN 9780807010396 / 0807010391
  • Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.06 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (20.47 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
  • Reading level 1270
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Rastafari movement, Jamaica - Religion
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97010974
  • Dewey Decimal Code 299.676

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From the publisher

Leonard E. Barrett, Sr., is emeritus professor of religion at Temple University. His previous works include Soul-Force: African Heritage in Afro-American Religion, which was nominated for a National Book Award, and The Sun and the Drum, an examination of the African roots of Jamaica's folk culture.

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Removes the aura of bizarre mystery from the Jamaican messianic movement whose members smoke marijuana for ritual purposes and believe that Ethiopia is the Promised Land for all blacks. Setting the Rastafarians in the context of . . . colonial exploitation, Barrett shows how the cult has been nourished on grinding poverty, examines its belief system, dynamics, rituals, art and music, and its 'ambivalent routinization' within Jamaican society. . . . Students of religion and sociology, fans of reggae music, and the general reader will gain much from this unusual study. --Publishers Weekly

"The most thorough, careful consideration of the Rasta phenomenon available to the general reader." --Boston Phoenix

"Barrett's account is authoritative and original; it is a work for the serious student of culture, religious sects and Caribbean studies. . . . An important contribution." --Folklore Review

"Leonard Barrett's The Rastafarians stands as the most solid, complete treatment available in this country to date." --New Age

Citations

  • Rec Ref Bks in Paperback, 01/01/2000, Page 235

About the author

Leonard E. Barrett, Sr., is emeritus professor of religion at Temple University. His previous works include Soul-Force: African Heritage in Afro-American Religion, which was nominated for a National Book Award, and The Sun and the Drum, an examination of the African roots of Jamaica's folk culture.