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

Year: 1994

Type: article

Abstract: 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 Jamaica.

Source: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids

DOI: 10.1163/13822373-90002653

Author: Neil J. Savishinsky

Language: English

Topic: Caribbean history, culture, and politics

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2168704532

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Cites: 32

Cited by: 30

Related to: 10