Becoming Rasta: Origins of Rastafari Identity in Jamaica

Reveals the personal experiences of those who adopted the Rastafari religion in the 1950s to 1970s. This title explores the identity development of the religion, demonstrating how shifts in the movement's identity have led some of the elder Rastafari to adopt, embrace, and internalize Rastafari and Blackness as central to their concept of self.

• | Author: Charles Price
• | Publisher: NYU Press
• | Publication Date: September 01, 2009
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0814767478
• | ISBN-13: 9780814767474