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Zombifying a nation : race, gender and the Haitian loas on screen
- Title
- Zombifying a nation : race, gender and the Haitian loas on screen / Toni Pressley-Sanon.
- Author
- Pressley-Sanon, Toni
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- vii, 190 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The figure of the zombie that entered the popular imagination with the publication of William Seabrook's The Magic Island (1929) still holds cultural currency around the world. This book calls for a rethinking of zombies in a sociopolitical context through the examination of several films"--
- Series Statement
- Contributions to zombie studies
- Uniform Title
- Contributions to zombie studies.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index.
- Contents
- Preface: zombis/zombies and me -- Introduction: of history, neocolonialism, vodou/voodoo and the zombi/zombie -- White zombie and I walked with a zombie: the Haitian revolution and white southern fears -- The love wanga: the American occupation and miscegenation -- Heading south and zombification or "Haiti is open for business" -- The serpent and the rainbow and the 1986 revolution -- Zombi candidat ø la prøsidence ou les amours d'un zombi and the resurgence of la politique de doublure -- Conclusion: tasting salt.
- Call Number
- MFL 16-5085
- ISBN
- 9780786494248 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786494247 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2016025524
- OCLC
- 948560955
- Author
- Pressley-Sanon, Toni, author.
- Title
- Zombifying a nation : race, gender and the Haitian loas on screen / Toni Pressley-Sanon.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Contributions to zombie studiesContributions to zombie studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 16-5085