Rastafarianism in Havana?

Authors

  • Marialina García Ramos Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, UNEAC

Abstract

The text offers an approach to the emergence of a Rastafarian discourse in Havana as one of the identity phenomena bursting today in Cuban society. From a perspective adopting the concept of urban tribes when approaching this group, the point of departure is to be found in the inter/cross-cultural contacts when confronting an imaginary deriving from the processes of de-territorialization involved in the configuration of transnational communities resulting from dialogue scenarios emerging from the market, the cultural industries, and other globalization agencies. The analysis is approached from a systemic focus which evaluates the relationship existing between the emergence of this conglomerate and the changing events in the country,
marked by the transformations in its social structure and the fragility of its cohesion after the economic crisis of the ‘90s in contrast with an international panorama where Rastafarianism
leads a continued secularization process.

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