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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Beacon Pr
Date Published: 1997-12-12
ISBN-13:9780807010396ISBN:0807010391
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780807010396ISBN:0807010391
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: 1997-12-12
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Sangster's Book Stores, Jamaica
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780435894580ISBN:0435894587
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Edition: 20 ANV
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780807010396ISBN:0807010391
Description: New. Here is the twentieth anniversary edition of the classic study of the culture, religion, history, ideology, and influence of the Rastafarians of Jamaica. "Barrett offers the most comprehensive study to date of the Rastafarians". --BULLETIN of the Cent... read more
"Picked it up on sale a while back. Inspired to finally dig in and learn a little about an often overgeneralized religion/way of life after visiting the Reggae Pub in Itaewon last weekend. . .
Eh. . .not exactly what I was hoping for. Barrett presents an incredibly detailed account of the history and development of Rastafarianism in Jamaica. While perhaps informative for a student of the African Diaspora or Caribbean Religions, as a book, "The Rastafarians" is certainly no thriller.
The overall tone of the book is very scientific and straightforward. Little emotion is expressed in the text despite the author conducting the majority of the research first hand. Furthermore, the author's continual use of the third-person to refer to himself was really odd and off putting!
If you're looking to really delve into the history of the Rastas and explore Jamaica's turmulous socio-politico-religious history, then by all means, pick up a copy. If you're just curious as to what and who your "Rastafarian" friend really is. . .stick to wikipedia!"
"Leonard E. Barrett, Sr., is graduate professor of religion at Temple University and the current printing of "The Rastafarians" is the twentieth anniversary edition of an important study of the society, culture, religion, history, ideology, and influence of the Rastafarians of Jamaica.
Professor Barrett has written a most comprehensive study of the Rastafarians, one perhaps deserving to be called a definitive study, spanning as it does the several decades of the movement's history. Professor Barrett is not a Rastaman, but is sympathetic to the movement and broadly if critically supportive of its aims.
I purchased this book for an introduction to to Rastafarianism, having been only very superficially acquainted with it. This is an ideal work for a reader to whom Rastafarianism is new as it provides a detailed yet brief history of Jamaica and the institution of slavery, the social cleavages that arose out of slavery, the lasting effects of colonialism and racial discrimination, and the history, doctrine, polity and ritual of the several Rastafarian groupings.
The book covers all the major doctrines of the religion, a history of it important personages, its social and political aims and contributions, and the various denominations within the tradition that have developed over the decades. I especially enjoyed the author's providing of some personal accounts of his interactions with Rastafarians in Jamaica.
Professor Barrett has made the Rastafarian religion and culture an object of fascination for me, and a subject of which I want to learn a great deal more.
"Okay, this is another one of those books that I never got finished with. It's very incitefull and informative concerning the subject at hand, but also reads very clinical. Great for a person that would be in the field of Carribean or African cultures, even religious cults, but if you're looking for a piece that is going to keep you on the edge of the page this is not it."
"i read an older edition of the book (the second edition, i think). very good introduction to rastafarianism and takes care to put the movement into cultural and historical context."
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