The Globalization of Rastafari (IDEAZ Vol 7) - Softcover

Ian Boxill; Editor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9768189924 ISBN 13: 9789768189929

Publisher: Arawak publications, 2009

Synopsis

The articles in this issue had their origins in 1998 with the Rastafari in Global Context Seminar of the Academy of American Religion (AAR). The seminar met annually for three years, with a dozen or so active participants who discussed issues and presented papers relating to the global context of Rastafari. We were an eclectic and interdisciplinary group, coming from fields as far ranging as religious studies, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, theology and literature. We were also an inclusive group, inviting onlookers and other interested parties to our meetings, and doing our best (but in the end failing) to also include Rastafari voices in our discussions. The Rastafari elder, Mortimo Planno, for example, agreed to attend, and was even offered a stipend by the AAR to offset costs, but was continually denied a visa by the US government. Over the course of time some participants in the seminar dropped out, and others, who had planned to publish papers with us, published elsewhere because they were working with especially time-sensitive data. Our hope is that these articles might serve as groundwork for additional research on Rastafari s global context, including specifically additional ethnographic work on the forms Rastafari takes in various communities worldwide, an increased emphasis on the dynamics and change within Rastafari as it continues to grow, and an increased self-awareness by scholars of Rastafari of how Rastafari s global context might reshape methodology.

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1. Richard C. Salter (author) RASTAFARI in Global Context: An Introduction . Rastafari in a Global Context: affinities of orthognosy and oneness in the expanding World Interview with Mutabaruka SALTER is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, new York. from 1998 to 2003 he was chair of the american academy of Religion seminar on Rastafari in the Global Context, and has published articles on Rastafari and Dreads in The Encyclopaedia of Religion, Nova Religio, and elsewhere. 2. Samuel Furé Davis (author) A Voice from Cuba: Conceptual and Practical Difficulties with studying Rastafari DAVIS studied English Philology and has an MA in Caribbean Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Havana. He taught Spanish language and translation at the University of Ghana before his current position as Assistant Professor of English language and Anglo-Caribbean Literature at the School of Foreign Languages, University of Havana. 3. Jan DeCosmo (author) Globalization and Rastafari Identity in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil DeCOSMO is an Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, Humanities and Theatre at FAMU, where she has taught since 1981. At present she teaches humanities and religion classes that focus on Africa and the African Diaspora, in particular, the Caribbean. DeCosmo received both her doctoral degrees in Humanities as well as her master s degree in International Affairs, from Florida State University. 4. Edward Te Kohu Douglas & Ian Boxill (authors) The Lantern and the Light: Rastafari in Aaotearoa (New Zealand) DOUGLAS was senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Anthropology (1973-1998) at the University of Waikato. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Property at the University of Auckland and Trustee of the Foundation for Indigenous Research in Society and Technology (the FIRST Foundation). BOXILL is the editor of IDEAZ; An Interdisciplinary Social Science Journal. He is also Professor of Comparative Sociology at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. He has carried out research in many parts of the world, including Aotearoa/New Zealand where he and DOUGLAS researched the Rastafari of Ruatoria in the mid 1990s. 5. Michael Barnett (author) The Globalization of the Rastafari Movement from a Jamaican Diasporic Perspective BARNETT is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of the West Indies, where he teaches a variety of courses on Caribbean society. A graduate of the University of London and Florida International University, he has researched and published several articles on Rastafari. 6. Nathaniel Samuel Murrell (author) Medicated Ganja and Rasta Rituals: Allies in a Global Battle MURRELL is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion (a specialist in Caribbean, African, and African American Religions, and World Religions) at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. He received graduate and postgraduate degrees from Wheaton College, Rutgers University, and Drew University where he also completed his doctorate. 7. Leslie James (author) Rastafari and Paulo Freire: Religion, Democracy, and the New World Order JAMES is Associate Professor, Religious Studies at DePauw University, and Director of Black Studies. His teaching and research interests include African and African Diasporic Religions, Caribbean Religions and Cultures, Religion and Colonialism. 8. Loretta Collins Klobah (author) Journeying towards Mount Zion: Changing Representations of Womanhood in Popular Music, Performance Poetry, and Novels by Rastafarian Women COLLINS is full Professor of Caribbean Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arawak publications
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9768189924
• ISBN 13: 9789768189929
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 204