Rhetoric Of Rastafari By Stephen King: Chapter Summary
Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control (A Review)
Soren Sigmar
Book By: Steven A. King
3/3/2014
Rastafarians, Rastas, Sufferers, Locksmen, Dreads or Dreadlocks, call them what you want, what are the common themes surrounding these people? They are thought to be a dirty cult of outcasts that smoke marijuana all day in a tropical paradise. For the most part, people have an image of the stereotypical Jamaican guy with dreadlocks down his back wearing green, gold and red with a fat joint hanging out of his mouth. This is how I used to see Rastafarians as well. The common misconception is that all Jamaicans are Rastafarians and they all smoke marijuana, which is not true. The Rastafarian culture and belief system …show more content…
Marijuana is smoked at these meetings, it is used to heighten the sense of community and keep the nature of the meeting calm. The marijuana is usually rolled into a cigarette or smoked out of a pipe. The Rastafarians inhale the smoke deep into their lungs and hold it as they prepare to enter an altered state. Rastafarians have quite an interesting appearance compared to some other religious or spiritual groups. Rastafarians do not shave because of their beliefs so they grow their hair out, spinning it into dreadlocks, as well as not shaving their beard. This gives them their poster image that everyone recognizes. The dreadlocks represent the mane of a lion, which is a big symbol in Rastafari because the lion represents Haile Selassie. As well as not shaving, Rastafarians do not get tattoos or cut their skin in any way because it is against their beliefs. Rastafarians have some food laws that make for an extremely interesting and healthy diet. They eat natural and clean, which means they do not eat any meat except for fish 12 inches or shorter, and their diet is plant based. They do not use salt in preparing food, don’t consume any alcohol, coffee or milk. They eat huge amounts of whole fruits and vegetables because they are from the earth, and therefore
Soren Sigmar
Book By: Steven A. King
3/3/2014
Rastafarians, Rastas, Sufferers, Locksmen, Dreads or Dreadlocks, call them what you want, what are the common themes surrounding these people? They are thought to be a dirty cult of outcasts that smoke marijuana all day in a tropical paradise. For the most part, people have an image of the stereotypical Jamaican guy with dreadlocks down his back wearing green, gold and red with a fat joint hanging out of his mouth. This is how I used to see Rastafarians as well. The common misconception is that all Jamaicans are Rastafarians and they all smoke marijuana, which is not true. The Rastafarian culture and belief system …show more content…
Marijuana is smoked at these meetings, it is used to heighten the sense of community and keep the nature of the meeting calm. The marijuana is usually rolled into a cigarette or smoked out of a pipe. The Rastafarians inhale the smoke deep into their lungs and hold it as they prepare to enter an altered state. Rastafarians have quite an interesting appearance compared to some other religious or spiritual groups. Rastafarians do not shave because of their beliefs so they grow their hair out, spinning it into dreadlocks, as well as not shaving their beard. This gives them their poster image that everyone recognizes. The dreadlocks represent the mane of a lion, which is a big symbol in Rastafari because the lion represents Haile Selassie. As well as not shaving, Rastafarians do not get tattoos or cut their skin in any way because it is against their beliefs. Rastafarians have some food laws that make for an extremely interesting and healthy diet. They eat natural and clean, which means they do not eat any meat except for fish 12 inches or shorter, and their diet is plant based. They do not use salt in preparing food, don’t consume any alcohol, coffee or milk. They eat huge amounts of whole fruits and vegetables because they are from the earth, and therefore