By focusing on the worldview of Jamaican and other Caribbean peoples, this collection of essays explores the themes of cultural continuity and change between the Rastafari, on the one hand, and Revival, Ndyuka and Winti religions, on the other. A wide range of topics are covered: continuity between Rastafari and Revival, the origin and symbolism of the dreadlocks, the process of Rastafari integration into British society, the Gaan Gadu cult, home rituals, and the theoretical problems of African retention in the Caribbean.
Table of contents:
Preface to the Paperback Edition - Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors - Introduction; B.Chevannes - Introducing the Native Religions of Jamaica; B.Chevannes - New Approach to Rastafari; B.Chevannes - Religion as Resistance in Jamaican Peasant Life: The Baptist Church, Revival Worldview and Rastafari Movement; J.Besson - The Origin of the Dreadlocks; B.Chevannes - The Phallus and the Outcast: The Symbolism of the Dreadlocks in Jamaica; B.Chevannes - Dub History: Soundings on Rastafari Livity and Language; J.P.Homiak - The De-Labelling Process: From 'Lost Tribe' to 'Ethnic Group'; E.Cashmore - African-American Worldviews in the Caribbean; H.U.E.Thoden van Velzen - Demons in a Garbage Chute: Surinamese Creole Women's Discourse on Possession and Therapy; W.van Wetering - History, Memory and Appropriation: Some Problems in the Analysis of Origins; R.Littlewood - Afterword; B.Chevannes - Note - References - Glossary -Index
Table of contents:
Preface to the Paperback Edition - Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors - Introduction; B.Chevannes - Introducing the Native Religions of Jamaica; B.Chevannes - New Approach to Rastafari; B.Chevannes - Religion as Resistance in Jamaican Peasant Life: The Baptist Church, Revival Worldview and Rastafari Movement; J.Besson - The Origin of the Dreadlocks; B.Chevannes - The Phallus and the Outcast: The Symbolism of the Dreadlocks in Jamaica; B.Chevannes - Dub History: Soundings on Rastafari Livity and Language; J.P.Homiak - The De-Labelling Process: From 'Lost Tribe' to 'Ethnic Group'; E.Cashmore - African-American Worldviews in the Caribbean; H.U.E.Thoden van Velzen - Demons in a Garbage Chute: Surinamese Creole Women's Discourse on Possession and Therapy; W.van Wetering - History, Memory and Appropriation: Some Problems in the Analysis of Origins; R.Littlewood - Afterword; B.Chevannes - Note - References - Glossary -Index