An Ethos of Blackness Rastafari Cosmology, Culture, and Consciousness

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.

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Vivaldi Jean-Marie

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Marie Vivaldi, Vivaldi Jean-Marie
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 26.09.2023
• Subject: Guides > Health
• EAN: 9780231209779
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20977-9
• Pages: 248
• Series: Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past / Present / Future
• Subjects: Ethnic Studies, Social Science, Jamaica, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Family & health, Caribbean islands, Relating to indigenous peoples, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs, History / Caribbean & West Indies / Jamaica, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal