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Passage of Darkness
The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie
Taschenbuch von Wade Davis
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor
Wade Davis has studied the zombie phenomenon extensively. He is author of The Serpent and the Rainbow, a chronicle of his experiences in Haiti while trying to locate the zombie poison.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1988
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780807842102
ISBN-10: 0807842109
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Davis, Wade
Redaktion: Schultes, Richard E.
Hersteller: The University of North Carolina Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Wade Davis
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.05.1988
Gewicht: 0,597 kg
Artikel-ID: 107322387
Über den Autor
Wade Davis has studied the zombie phenomenon extensively. He is author of The Serpent and the Rainbow, a chronicle of his experiences in Haiti while trying to locate the zombie poison.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1988
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780807842102
ISBN-10: 0807842109
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Davis, Wade
Redaktion: Schultes, Richard E.
Hersteller: The University of North Carolina Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Wade Davis
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.05.1988
Gewicht: 0,597 kg
Artikel-ID: 107322387
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