Zombifying a nation : race, gender and the Haitian loas on screen / Toni Pressley-Sanon.
Zombifying a nation : race, gender and the Haitian loas on screen / Toni Pressley-Sanon.
Zombifying a nation : race, gender and the Haitian loas on screen / Toni Pressley-Sanon.
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Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Call Numbers
G 2016/3343
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Language
English
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Physical content
vii, 190 pages ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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...
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Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
[2016]
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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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Zombifying a nation : race, gender and the Haitian loas on screen / Toni Pressley-Sanon.
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Contributions to zombie studies
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/3343
Record Identifier
74VKVqjLeqKb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVqjLeqKb
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ISBN
0786494247 paperback alkaline paper
9780786494248 paperback alkaline paper
DDC
791.43675
MMS ID
991024010344102626
