Charles Price
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814767467
- eISBN:
- 9780814768464
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814767467.003.0007
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Anthropology, Religion
This chapter explores the new terrain for Rastafari identity formation as the movement persists well into the twenty-first century. This new terrain involves internationalization of Rastafari ...
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This chapter explores the new terrain for Rastafari identity formation as the movement persists well into the twenty-first century. This new terrain involves internationalization of Rastafari identity, new technologies, changes in social class, demographics, and attitude among the Rastafari as women, youth, and well-off people participate in shaping the personal and collective representations of Rastafari. All of this is occurring as older Rastafari like the subjects interviewed for the study grow infirm and “drop off” (pass on). The chapter goes on to detail the major shifts occurring within the movement, especially as Jamaica itself has changed over the years since the movement's inception. Additionally, this chapter considers the efforts made by the older Rastafari to communicate their cultural knowledge and lived experience to younger generations.Less
This chapter explores the new terrain for Rastafari identity formation as the movement persists well into the twenty-first century. This new terrain involves internationalization of Rastafari identity, new technologies, changes in social class, demographics, and attitude among the Rastafari as women, youth, and well-off people participate in shaping the personal and collective representations of Rastafari. All of this is occurring as older Rastafari like the subjects interviewed for the study grow infirm and “drop off” (pass on). The chapter goes on to detail the major shifts occurring within the movement, especially as Jamaica itself has changed over the years since the movement's inception. Additionally, this chapter considers the efforts made by the older Rastafari to communicate their cultural knowledge and lived experience to younger generations.
