Passage of darkness [[electronic resource] ] : the ethnobiology of the Haitian zombie / / by Wade Davis ; [foreword by Robert Farris Thompson ; preface by Richard Evans Schultes]

• Autore: Davis Wade
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1988
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Disciplina: 299/.65
• Soggetto topico: Zombiism - Haiti; Bizango (Cult); Tetrodotoxin - Physiological effect
• Soggetto geografico: Haiti Religious life and customs; Haiti Social life and customs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-326) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Historical and Cultural Setting; 2. The Haitian Zombie; 3. The Problem of Death; 4. The Poison; 5. The ""Antidote""; 6. Everything Is Poison, Nothing Is Poison: The Emic View; 7. Zombification as a Social Process; 8. The Bizango Secret Societies; Conclusion: Ethnobiology and the Haitian Zombie; Note on Orthography; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Passage of darkness
• ISBN: 0-8078-8758-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463231303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II