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Becoming Rasta : origins of Rastafari identity in Jamaica / Charles Price.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2009.Description: xx, 267 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780814767467 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 081476746X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780814767474 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0814767478 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299.6/76097292 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2532.R37 P75 2009
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Race formation and morally configured Black identities -- Ethnogenesis, surprise, and collective identity formation -- The positive power of stigma and Black identity -- Encounters -- Acts of identity work -- Rastafari nation on the move: identity and change -- Conclusion: Toward a more comprehensive understanding of racial identity formation.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-257) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Race formation and morally configured Black identities -- Ethnogenesis, surprise, and collective identity formation -- The positive power of stigma and Black identity -- Encounters -- Acts of identity work -- Rastafari nation on the move: identity and change -- Conclusion: Toward a more comprehensive understanding of racial identity formation.

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