05051cam a2200697Ki 4500 ocn876592311 OCoLC 20200709060120.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140414s2014 mdu ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T YDXCP IDEBK EBLCP TEFOD MHW OCLCA OCLCF OCLCQ TEFOD E7B OCLCQ TEFOD OCLCQ COCUF LOA MERUC ZCU ICG K6U COO OCLCQ IDK STF TYC SNK DKU AUW BETBC IGB D6H WRM OCLCQ VTS AGLDB VT2 OCLCQ WYU G3B LVT S8J S9I TKN DKC OCLCQ WAU 876344322 880449085 9780739175743 (electronic bk.) 0739175742 (electronic bk.) 1306573408 (electronic bk.) 9781306573405 (electronic bk.) 9780739175736 0739175734 754962 (N$T) (OCoLC)876592311 (OCoLC)876344322 (OCoLC)880449085 588591 MIL 8C8371AA-CCEB-4DCD-BD93-E8264DCE221F OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com cc----- BL2532.R37 C49 2014eb OCC 036020 bisacsh REL 017000 bisacsh 299.6/76082 23 MAIN Christensen, Jeanne, author. Rastafari reasoning and the Rastawoman : gender constructions in the shaping of Rastafari livity / Jeanne Christensen. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014] 1 online resource (xiv, 187 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file rdat Critical Africana studies : African, African American, and Caribbean interdisciplinary and intersectional studies Includes bibliographical references and index. African religiosity -- The Afro-Creole village -- Emergence of Rastafari -- Reasoning and the Rastaman woman -- Taking root -- "From the cross to the throne" -- The arrival of Rastawoman. Print version record. "Rastafari Reasoning and the RastaWoman: Gender Constructions in the Shaping of Rastafari Livity examines the complex ways that gender and race intersected in the shaping of a liberation movement propelled by conscious contact with an African spiritual ethos as it had evolved in the Caribbean. Jeanne Christensen proposes that Rastafari represents the most recent reworking of this spiritual ethos, referred to as African religiosity. The book contributes a new perspective to the literature on Rastafari, and through a historical lens corrects the predominant static view of Rastafari women. In certain Rastafari manifestations, a growing livity developed by Rasta men eventually excluded women from an important ritual called "Reasoning"--A conscious search for existential and ontological truth through self-understanding arrived at in group deliberation. Restoring agency to the RastaWoman, Christensen argues that RastaWomen, intimately in touch with this spiritual ethos, challenged oppressive structures within the movement itself. They skirted official restrictions, speaking out in public and written forums whenever such avenues presented themselves, and searched for their own truth through conscious intentional self-examination characteristic of the Reasoning ritual. With its powerful, theoretically informed narrative, Rastafari Reasoning and the RastaWoman: Gender Constructions in the Shaping of Rastafari Livity will appeal to students and scholars interested in religious transformation, resistance movements, gender issues, critical race studies, and the history and culture of the English-speaking Caribbean."-- Provided by publisher. Master record variable field(s) change: 650 Women in the Rastafari movement Caribbean Area. Rastafari movement Caribbean Area. Feminism Caribbean Area. Feminism Religious aspects Rastafarians. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Spirituality Paganism & Neo-Paganism. bisacsh RELIGION Comparative Religion. bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Christensen, Jeanne. Rastafari reasoning and the RastaWoman 9780739175736 (DLC) 2013044515 (OCoLC)863632703 Critical Africana studies. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=754962 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=754962 EBSCO Academic Comprehensive Collection EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1664624 ebrary EBRY ebr10860000 EBSCOhost EBSC 754962 ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis28009121 YBP Library Services YANK 11759856 92 N$T 54742 54742