Transnational popular culture and the global spread of the Jamaican Rastafarian movement

Discusses the spread of the Rastafarian movement in the British Caribbean, North America, Europe, Africa, New Zealand, and the Pacific. In the vast majority of cases it has been reggae music which has functioned as the primary catalyst for spreading the religion and culture of Rastafari beyond Jamai...

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Published in:	NWIG
Main Author:	Neil J. Savishinsky
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brill 1994-07-01
Subjects:	Jamaica Culture Rastafarianism Music
Online Access:	http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3289

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