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Lyrics and a social movement: The rhetorical influence of Bob Marley's lyrics on the Rastafarian movement and universal culture

Roberts, Kurt B.

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Millenarian movements and the politics of liberation: the Rastafarians of Jamaica

De Albuquerque, KlausVirginia Polytechnic Institute1976

… of liberation, with particular reference to the Rastafarians of Jamaica. By the politics of liberation I mean, the infusion of a secular revolutionary ethic at both the individual and group level. It follows that my concerns revolve around identity change (the growth of pride and revolutionary …

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"Hear Dem Cryin:" Rastafari and Framing Processes in Reggae Music

Skopal, Edward WilliamVirginia Tech2005

… of a marginalized oppressed group, the Rastafarians. The contemporary social movement literature focuses heavily on framing processes, how movement members portray their grievances to potential sympathizers. Reggae music is the most popular vehicle for the Rastafarians to disperse their …

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Beyond the illusion of inclusion: A new vision for cannabis social equity

Bowden, TiffanyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2020

… of White male heteronormative sexual fantasy. Rastafarian culture and religion are appropriated without context. Contemporary women of color in cannabis remain off of the covers while White women are beginning to appear in more rounded out images. Black criminalization dating back to the War on …

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The experience of African Caribbean patients in high secure care

Howard, PamelaUniversity of Central Lancashire2009

… was a form of cultural expression that drew on Rastafarian beliefs, customs and patios. These expressions of patient individuality speak of complexity of identity shaped by a historical legacy of colonialism, migration and racism that interact with personal experiences of contemporary society …

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Stepping in Iration: Rastafari Ital Livity, Ecologies and Ecotheologies in Saint Lucia/Iyanola

Powell, JosephUniversity of Cambridge2022

This dissertation represents an exploration of the ecologies and ecotheologies present within the philosophical outlooks of the Rastafari spiritual movement in St Lucia/Iyanola. Primarily, this research seeks to elucidate “Ital Livity”, a bricolage of Rastafari philosophical and cosmological …

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I Am Because We Are: Africana Womanism as a Vehicle of Empowerment and Influence

Blackmon, Janiece L.Virginia Tech2008

… of Gods and Earths, the Black Panther Party, and Rastafarians' that operated on the fringes of society during the 1960s through the early 2000s. This work articulates the gender dynamics between the men and women of the groups. In it, I trace the history of Black nationalism and identity in the …

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