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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page; PASSAGE OF DARKNESS; Copyright Page; Dedication; Epigraph; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SETTING; CHAPTER TWO THE HAITIAN ZOMBIE; CHAPTER THREE THE PROBLEM OF DEATH; CHAPTER FOUR THE POISON; CHAPTER FIVE THE "ANTIDOTE"; CHAPTER SIX EVERYTHING IS POISON, NOTHING IS POISON: THE EMIC VIEW; CHAPTER SEVEN ZOMBIFICATION AS A SOCIAL PROCESS; CHAPTER EIGHT THE BIZANGO SECRET SOCIETIES; CONCLUSION ETHNOBIOLOGY AND THE HAITIAN ZOMBIE; NOTE ON ORTHOGRAPHY; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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