| Description |
1 online resource (569 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-326) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Zombiism -- Haiti
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Bizango (Cult)
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Tetrodotoxin -- Physiological effect
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Bizango (Cult)
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Manners and customs
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Tetrodotoxin -- Physiological effect
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Zombiism
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| SUBJECT |
Haiti -- Religious life and customs
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Haiti -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Haiti
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780807887585 |
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0807887587 |
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