Passage of Darkness : the Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie.

Interdisciplinary in nature, this study reveals a netowrk of power relations reaching all levels of Haitian political life. It sheds light on recent Haitian political history, including the meteoric rise under Duvalier of the Tonton Macoute. By explaining zombification as a rational process within t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Wade
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1988.
Temas:
Zombiism > Haiti.
Bizango (Cult)
Tetrodotoxin > Physiological effect.
Zombies > Haïti.
Bizango (Culte)
Tétrodotoxine > Effets physiologiques.
Manners and customs
Tetrodotoxin > Physiological effect
Zombiism
Haiti > Religious life and customs.
Haiti > Social life and customs.
Haiti
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Interdisciplinary in nature, this study reveals a netowrk of power relations reaching all levels of Haitian political life. It sheds light on recent Haitian political history, including the meteoric rise under Duvalier of the Tonton Macoute. By explaining zombification as a rational process within the context of traditional Vodoun society, Davis demystifies one of the most exploited of folk beliefs, one that has been used to denegrate an entire people and their religion.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (569 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-326) and index.
ISBN:9780807887585
0807887587

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