Stephen a King

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Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social ControlPaperback, 15 November 2002

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Print Length
200 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Date Published
15 Nov 2002
ISBN-10
160473003X
ISBN-13
9781604730036

Description

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 Rastafarian 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 poor. Rastafarians were once the target of police harassment and public condemnation. Now the music is a marketing tool, and the Rastafarians are no longer a violent counterculture, but an important symbol of Jamaica's new cultural heritage.

This book attempts to explain how the Jamaican establishment's strategies of social control influenced the evolutionary direction of both t

Product Details

Author:
Stephen a King
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 November 2002
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.17 cm
Genre:
Caribbean
ISBN-10:
160473003X
ISBN-13:
9781604730036
Language:
English
Pages:
200
Weight:
299.37 gm

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