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An ethos of blackness : rastafari cosmology, culture, and consciousness / Vivaldi Jean-Marie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jean-Marie, Vivaldi, author.
- Series:
- Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past / Present / Future
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--Religion--Jamaica.
- Black people.
- Rastafari movement--Jamaica.
- Rastafari movement.
- Jamaica--Religion.
- Jamaica.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- This book is a groundbreaking account of Rastafari, demonstrating that it provides a normative conception of Blackness for people of African descent that resists Eurocentric and colonial ideas.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Resistance to British Colonialism and the Rise of Two Forms of Subjectivity in "Yamaye"
- 2. The Genealogy of Rastafari Cosmology and Its Distinctive Ethos of Blackness
- 3. Rastafari Cosmology, Natural Artifacts, and the Ethos of Blackness
- 4. Rastafari's Theology of Blackness: A Eurocentric God Cannot Love Africans and People of African Descent
- 5. Rastafari I-Talk and Black Consciousness
- 6. The Limit of Rastafari Cosmology: Gender Inequality and the Failure to Liberate Rasta Women
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-231-55810-4
- OCLC:
- 1389610123
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