Research Catalog

Title

Rastafari women : subordination in the midst of liberation theology / Obiagele Lake.

Author

Lake, Obiagele.

Publication

Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Details

Description

xiii, 199 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Summary

• In this book, Obiagele Lake reveals the various ways that Rastafarian women are politically and culturally marginalized. In popular culture, many people view Rastafarians as a revolutionary movement at the vanguard of Diaspora African liberation. Lake challenges these contentions by exposing the lack of Rastafarian political involvement on a national scale and by addressing their regressive stance on the position of women.
• This timely book utilizes RastafarI as a microcosm of Diaspora African organizations which, in general, tend to ignore the relegation of women as second-class citizens.

Subjects

• Jamaica > Religion
• Women in the Rastafari movement > Jamaica

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-185) and indexes.

Contents

Ch. 1. Rastafarian Women and the Global Struggle for Liberation -- Ch. 2. Slavery and Capitalism in Jamaica -- Ch. 3. The Political Economy of Jamaica, 1938-1997 -- Ch. 4. Women and the Rise of RastafarI -- Ch. 5. The Interface between Sexism and Capitalism -- Ch. 6. The Sacralization of Sexism -- Ch. 7. Cultural Ideology and RastafarI Women -- Ch. 8. Misogyny in Caribbean Music -- Ch. 9. What's at Stake? -- App. A. Rastafarian Chronology -- App. B. Summary of Recommendations -- App. C. Numbers of Rastafarians by Parish, 1982 Census -- App. D. Religious Affiliations in Jamaica -- App. E. Twelve Tribes of Israel.

ISBN

• 0890898367 (pbk.)
• 9780890898369 (pbk.)

LCCN

98011542

OCLC

ocm38257930

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries