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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Columbia University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past / Present / Future
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| 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. 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. |
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| ISBN: | 0231558104 |