Reggae, Rastafari, and the rhetoric of social control - King, Stephen A. 1964- (University Press of Mississippi, 2002)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-162) and index
PART ONE (1959-1971) -- - Ska and the roots of Rastafarian musical protest -- - Rocksteady, the Rude Boy, and the political awakening of Rastafari -- - Early reggae, Black power, and the politicization of Rastafari -- - Jamaica Labour Party's "policy of the beast" : the rhetoric of social control strategies -- - PART TWO (1972-1980) -- - International reggae : popularization and polarization of Rastafari -- - Michael Manley and the People's National Party's co-optation of the Rastafari and reggae
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