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| Author | : Ruth Owen |
| Publisher | : Bearport Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 28 |
| Release | : 2018-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1684028019 |
On the island of Haiti, stories tell of corpses brought back to life. Fact or fiction? Do voodoo witch doctors called bokors really have the power to raise people from their graves? Or is there a scientific—but just as chilling—explanation involving powerful poisons and ruthless con-men? This fascinating new title introduces zombie fans to the spine-chilling world of Haitian zombies. Did a man named Clairvius Narcisse really live as a zombie for almost 20 years? And what do puffer fish and poisonous cucumbers have to do with the undead? Love zombies? Then lock the doors, settle in, and get ready to learn all about Voodoo Zombies!
| Author | : Wade Davis |
| Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
| Total Pages | : 367 |
| Release | : 2000-11-09 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0807887587 |
In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies--the infamous living dead of Haitian folklore. A report by a team of physicians of a verifiable case of zombification led him to try to obtain the poison associated with the process and examine it for potential medical use. Interdisciplinary in nature, this study reveals a network 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 denigrate an entire people and their religion.
| Author | : Joseph A. McCullough |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 80 |
| Release | : 2011-04-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1849088187 |
The dead have always stalked the dark corners of the earth. Since World War II, the number of zombie outbreaks has increased every year, while governments desperately try to cover up the facts. Zombies: A Hunter's Guide contains all of the information necessary to recognize and combat this growing threat. Beginning with an explanation of the historical origins of zombies, it follows their history straight through to the threat they pose to the world today. All varieties of zombie are catalogued and examined, giving their strengths and weakness, with a special emphasis on recognition and elimination. Finally, the book covers the tactics and equipment used in zombie fighting. Accompanied by numerous full-colour reconstructions to help with identification, this book is a must for anyone on the frontlines of the Zombie Wars.
| Author | : Rebecca Stefoff |
| Publisher | : Marshall Cavendish |
| Total Pages | : 84 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780761426356 |
Explores the folklore and facts connected with vampires, zombies, and shape-shifters such as werewolves.
| Author | : Stephen Krensky |
| Publisher | : Lerner Publications |
| Total Pages | : 52 |
| Release | : 2007-09-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0822567598 |
Describes the history of zombies, as well as their representation in books, movies, and popular culture.
| Author | : Jim Pipe |
| Publisher | : Bearport Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2006-08-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1597162078 |
Explores zombie stories from around the world.
| Author | : Jovanka Vuckovic |
| Publisher | : St. Martin's Griffin |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 2011-03-15 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0312656505 |
Celebrates zombie pop culture that has evolved since "Night of the Living Dead," tracing early mythological origins in African folklore and Haitian voodoo as well as modern incarnations in film, literature, and video gaming.
| Author | : Wade Davis |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 2010-10-05 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1451628366 |
A scientific investigation and personal adventure story about zombis and the voudoun culture of Haiti by a Harvard scientist. In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis—people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of rituals and celebrations, Davis penetrated the vodoun mystique deeply enough to place zombification in its proper context within vodoun culture. In the course of his investigation, Davis came to realize that the story of vodoun is the history of Haiti—from the African origins of its people to the successful Haitian independence movement, down to the present day, where vodoun culture is, in effect, the government of Haiti’s countryside. The Serpent and the Rainbow combines anthropological investigation with a remarkable personal adventure to illuminate and finally explain a phenomenon that has long fascinated Americans.
| Author | : Amy Hayes |
| Publisher | : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 66 |
| Release | : 2015-12-15 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1502609266 |
In recent times, people have become fascinated with ideas of the walking dead, or zombies. Zombie culture has been around for many years, however, and only recently has a rise in interest taken much of popular culture by storm. This book unravels the history of zombie lore, examines variations between different cultures around the world, and explores how they continue to excite the imagination today.
| Author | : Kyle William Bishop |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 2010-03-08 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0786455543 |
Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in the New World and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and slavery. The voodoo-based zombie films of the 1930s and '40s reveal deep-seated racist attitudes and imperialist paranoia, but the contagious, cannibalistic zombie horde invasion narrative established by George A. Romero has even greater singularity. This book provides a cultural and critical analysis of the cinematic zombie tradition, starting with its origins in Haitian folklore and tracking the development of the subgenre into the twenty-first century. Closely examining such influential works as Victor Halperin's White Zombie, Jacques Tourneur's I Walked with a Zombie, Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2, Dan O'Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead, Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, and, of course, Romero's entire "Dead" series, it establishes the place of zombies in the Gothic tradition. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
