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Reggae, Rastafari, and the rhetoric of social control / by Stephen A. King ; with contributions by Barry T. Bays III and P. Renee Foster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- King, Stephen A., 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reggae music--Jamaica--History and criticism.
- Reggae music.
- Music--Social aspects--Jamaica.
- Music.
- Rastafari movement--Jamaica--History.
- Rastafari movement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: (1959-1971); Chapter One: Ska and the Roots of Rastafarian Musical Protest; Chapter Two: Rocksteady, the Rude Boy, and the Political Awakening of Rastafari; Chapter Three: Early Reggae, Black Power, and the Politicization of Rastafari; Chapter Four: The Jamaica Labour Party's "Policy of the Beast" The Rhetoric of Social Control Strategies; PART TWO: (1972-1980); Chapter Five: International Reggae Popularization and Polarization of Rastafari
- Chapter Six: Michael Manley and the People's National Party's Co-optation of the Rastafari and ReggaeEpilogue; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-162) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-43439-3
- 9786613434395
- 1-60473-038-2
- 1-4175-0697-0
- OCLC:
- 614929273
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