Reggae, Rastafari, and the rhetoric of social control /:

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 m...

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1. Verfasser: King, Stephen A., 1964- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Bays, Barry T., Foster, P. Renée
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2002.
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Zusammenfassung: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 po
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxv, 173 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-162) and index.
ISBN:1417506970
9781417506972
9781604730388
1604730382

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