Race Class And Political Symbols

Author : Anita M. Waters
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351495066

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Race, Class, and Political Symbols by Anita M. Waters Pdf

Dr. Waters is one of a new breed of analysts for whom the interpenetration of politics, culture, and national development is key to a larger integration of social research. Race, Class, and Political Symbols is a remarkably cogent examination of the uses of Rastafarian symbols and reggae music in Jamaican electoral campaigns. The author describes and analyzes the way Jamaican politicians effectively employ improbable strategies for electoral success. She includes interviews with reggae musicians, Rastafarian leaders, government and party officials, and campaign managers. Jamaican democracy and politics are fused to its culture; hence campaign advertisements, reggae songs, party pamphlets, and other documents are part of the larger picture of Caribbean life and letters. This volume centers and comes to rest on the adoption of Rastafarian symbols in the context of Jamaica's democratic institutions, which are characterized by vigorous campaigning, electoral fraud, and gang violence. In recent national elections, such violence claimed the lives of hundreds of people. Significant issues are dealt with in this cultural setting: race differentials among Whites, Browns, and Blacks; the rise of anti-Cubanism; the Rastafarians' response to the use of their symbols; and the current status of Rastafarian ideological legitimacy.

Author : Robin D. G. Kelley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439105047

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Race Rebels by Robin D. G. Kelley Pdf

Many black strategies of daily resistance have been obscured--until now. Race rebels, argues Kelley, have created strategies of resistance, movements, and entire subcultures. Here, for the first time, everyday race rebels are given the historiographical attention they deserve, from the Jim Crow era to the present.

Author : George Baca
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Equality
ISBN : 1845452356

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Nationalism's Bloody Terrain by George Baca Pdf

As many scholars have argued, racism and its passions are created by and subordinated to the nation. This volume places the practices of racism at the center of analysis of so-called post-racist or multi cultural nation-states. This way, each contributor analytically treats racism and its related concepts of race, identity, culture, and naturalizing symbols of blood to highlight the manner in which governing institutions use nationalist precepts to create "races". In the end, it is racism - the actual political practices of domination - that makes "race" salient, especially in its multi-cultural and liberal-democratic form.

Author : Patricia Hill Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : UOM:49015001144253

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Toward a New Vision by Patricia Hill Collins Pdf

Author : Paul Gilroy
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 067400096X

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Against Race by Paul Gilroy Pdf

He argues that the triumph of the image spells death to politics and reduces people to mere symbols."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Ennis B. Edmonds,Ennis Barrington Edmonds
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195133769

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Rastafari by Ennis B. Edmonds,Ennis Barrington Edmonds Pdf

Traces the history of the Rastafarian movement, discussing the impact it has had on Jamaican society, its successful expansion to North America, the British Isles, and Africa, its role as a dominant cultural force in the world, and other related topics.

Author : Henrice Altink
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789620009

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Public Secrets by Henrice Altink Pdf

Informed by critical race theory and based on a wide range of sources, including official sources, memoirs, and anthropological studies, this book examines multiple forms of racial discrimination in Jamaica and how they were talked about and experienced from the end of the First World War until the demise of democratic socialism in the 1980s. It also pays attention to practices devoid of racial content but which equally helped to sustain a society stratified by race and colour, such as voting qualifications. Case studies on the labour market, education, the family and legal system, among other areas, demonstrate the extent to which race and colour shaped social relations in the island in the decades preceding and following independence and argue that racial discrimination was a public secret - everybody knew it took place but few dared to openly discuss or criticise it. The book ends with an examination of race and colour in contemporary Jamaica to show that race and colour have lost little of their power since independence and offers some suggestions to overcome the silence on race to facilitate equality of opportunity for all.

Author : Patrick G. Coy
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762307869

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Political Opportunities Social Movements, and Democratization by Patrick G. Coy Pdf

As political opportunities shift, social movement decline or mobilization may result. The first section of this intriguing volume examines this phenomenon in depth while also moving theory-building forward. Significant contributions are made to collective identity theory, stalemate theory, and political process theory. This volume's concentration on political opportunity and social movements is accomplished through a focused series of papers that include case studies of specific social movements, comparative case studies of social movements, and comparative case studies of transnational issue networks. They include movements including the U. S. anti-nuclear power movement, the Rastafarians, the alternative and complimentary medicine movement, indigenous rights movements in Panama and Brazil, the animal rights movement, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, and the housing reform movements in post-Soviet Union Moscow and Budapest. A shorter, but no less important section closes this volume while taking up another historic focus of the series: social and political change. Here one paper documents democratization in Wales via the use of 'inclusive politics' by Plaid Cymru, another analyzes the use of 'political homicide' in Mexico during the 1990s, and a third explores campus unrest in the United States.

Author : Jeremy Prestholdt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190092597

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Icons of Dissent by Jeremy Prestholdt Pdf

The global icon is an omnipresent but poorly understood element of mass culture. This book asks why audiences around the world have embraced particular iconic figures, how perceptions of these figures have changed, and what this tells us about transnational relations since the Cold War era. Prestholdt addresses these questions by examining one type of icon: the anti-establishment figure. As symbols that represent sentiments, ideals, or something else recognizable to a wide audience, icons of dissent have been integrated into diverse political and consumer cultures, and global audiences have reinterpreted them over time. To illustrate these points the book examines four of the most evocative and controversial figures of the past fifty years: Che Guevara, Bob Marley, Tupac Shakur, and Osama bin Laden. Each has embodied a convergence of dissent, cultural politics, and consumerism, yet popular perceptions of each reveal the dissonance between shared, global references and locally contingent interpretations. By examining four very different figures, Icons of Dissent offers new insights into global symbolic idioms, the mutability of common references, and the commodification of political sentiment in the contemporary world.

Author : F. S. J. Ledgister
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 0865435472

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Class Alliances and the Liberal Authoritarian State by F. S. J. Ledgister Pdf

The political evolution of three former colonies into independence and beyond is studied via an examination of the existing literature and through interviews with journalists, scholars and politicians. These countries appear to uphold the conventional wisdom, since Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have been continuously democratic since independence, while Surinam has not. It is clear from the author's research that the similarities in the political evolution of these countries far outweigh the differences. In particular, the British in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dutch in Surinam, developed similar state structures - simultaneously liberal and authoritarian. However, in two countries, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, the emergence of political parties was linked to labor protests, while this linkage, though not the protest, was absent in Surinam. Democratic politics in the former two countries turns out to rest on a two way alliance between the middle and lower classes, embedded in a paternalistic state structure inherited from the colonial period. In Surinam, the absence of this alliance rendered democracy more vulnerable. The author concludes that while the peoples of the Caribbean did not fight long struggles for independence, they have been able to preserve the least poisoned gift of the colonizer - democracy.

Author : Stuart Borthwick
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781789145700

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Positive Vibrations by Stuart Borthwick Pdf

From Marcus Garvey and Rastafarianism to today’s ubiquitous dancehall riddims, a comprehensive and impassioned exploration of reggae. Positive Vibrations tells of how reggae was shaped by, and in turn helped to shape, the politics of Jamaica and beyond, from the rudies of Kingston to the sexual politics and narcotic allegiances of the dancehall. Insightful and full of incident, it explores how the music of a tiny Caribbean island has worked its way into the heart of global pop. From Marcus Garvey’s dreams of Zion, through ska and rocksteady, roots, riddims, and dub, the story closes with the Reggae Revival, a new generation of Rastas as comfortable riding rhythms in a dancehall style as they are singing sweet melodies from times gone by. Impeccably informed, vibrant, and heartfelt, Positive Vibrations is a passionate and exhaustive account of the politics in reggae, and the reggae in politics.

Author : Jonathan C. Friedman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136447280

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The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music by Jonathan C. Friedman Pdf

The major objective of this collection of 28 essays is to analyze the trends, musical formats, and rhetorical devices used in popular music to illuminate the human condition. By comparing and contrasting musical offerings in a number of countries and in different contexts from the 19th century until today, The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music aims to be a probing introduction to the history of social protest music, ideal for popular music studies and history and sociology of music courses.

Author : Ennis B. Edmonds
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191642463

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Rastafari: A Very Short Introduction by Ennis B. Edmonds Pdf

From its obscure beginnings in Jamaica in the early 1930s, Rastafari has grown into an international socio-religious movement. It is estimated that 700,000 to 1 million people worldwide have embraced Rastafari, and adherents of the movement can be found in most of the major population centres and many outposts of the world. Rastafari: A Very Short Introduction provides an account of this widespread but often poorly understood movement. Ennis B. Edmonds looks at the essential history of Rastafari, including its principles and practices and its internal character and configuration. He examines its global spread, and its far-reaching influence on cultural and artistic production in the Caribbean and beyond. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Perry Mars
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814338513

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Ideology and Change by Perry Mars Pdf

Leftist political movements, organizations, and trends in the English-speaking Caribbean.

Author : Stephen Stuempfle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Music
ISBN : 0812233298

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The Steelband Movement by Stephen Stuempfle Pdf

The Steelband Movement examines the dramatic transformation of pan from a Carnival street music into a national art and symbol in Trinidad and Tobago. By focusing on pan as a cultural process, Stephen Stuempfle demonstrates how the struggles and achievements of the steelband movement parallel the problems and successes of building a nation. Stuempfle explores the history of the steelband from its emergence around 1940 as an assemblage of diverse metal containers to today's immense orchestra of high-precision instruments with bell-like tones. Drawing on interviews with different generations of pan musicians (including the earliest), a wide array of archival material, and field observations, the author traces the growth of the movement in the context of the grass-roots uprisings of the 1930s and 1940s, the American presence in Trinidad in World War II, the nationalist movement of the postwar period, the aftermath of independence from Britain in 1962, the Black Power protests and the oil boom of the 1970s, and the recession of recent years. The Steelband Movement suggests that the history of pan has involved a series of negotiations between different ethnic groups, socioeconomic classes, and social organizations, all of which have attempted to define and use the music according to their own values and interests. This drama provides a window into the ways in which Trinidadians have constructed various visions of a national identity.