Contents

Preface     vii
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2
3
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5
6
7
8		 Paradise Island     1
Domination and Resistance in Jamaican History     29
Ethiopianism in Jamaica     68
Beliefs, Rituals, and Symbols     103
An Ambivalent Routinization     146
Dissonance and Consonance     167
After Selassie: The Rastafarians Since 1975     210
Where Go the Rastafarians?     248
Afterword     267
Appendix     271
Notes     281
Bibliography     295
Index     299

DEDICATION

PREFACE

The Rastafarians, by Leonard E. Barrett, Sr. (Beacon Press 1997), p. v

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