Bob Marley's "Redemption Song": The Rhetoric of Reggae and Rastafari

The Rastafarian movement has grown to become a major cultural and political force in Jamaica and has challenged Jamaica's neo-colonist society's attempts to keep whites at the top and blacks at the bottom of the socio-economic structure. A possible explanation for the rapid growth of Rasta...

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Published in:Journal of popular culture 1995-12, Vol.29 (3), p.17-36
Main Authors: King, Stephen, Jensen, Richard J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black people
Bob Marley
Culture
Economic structure
Marley, Bob
Music
Philosophy
Politics
Popular culture
Popular music
Race relations
Rastafarianism
Reggae
Rhetoric
Rhythm
Social classes
Sociology
Sociology of art and literature
Sociology of knowledge and sociology of culture
White people
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Summary:The Rastafarian movement has grown to become a major cultural and political force in Jamaica and has challenged Jamaica's neo-colonist society's attempts to keep whites at the top and blacks at the bottom of the socio-economic structure. A possible explanation for the rapid growth of Rastafari was the emergence in the late 1960s of reggae music, a derivative of American rhythm and blues and Jamaican ska. Musicians such as Bob Marley helped spread the philosophy of Rastafari to the wider Jamaican audience and the world.
ISSN:0022-3840
1540-5931
DOI:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1995.00017.x