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 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8078-8758-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463231303321 |
Davis Wade | ||
Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1988 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Passage of darkness : the ethnobiology of the Haitian zombie / / Wade Davis ; [foreword by Robert Farris Thompson ; preface by Richard Evans Schultes] |
Autore | Davis Wade |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 1988 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 299/.65 |
Soggetto topico |
Zombiism - Haiti
Bizango (Cult) Tetrodotoxin - Physiological effect |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
ISBN |
979-88-908793-4-9
0-8078-8758-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786113903321 |
Davis Wade | ||
Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 1988 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Passage of darkness : the ethnobiology of the Haitian zombie / / Wade Davis ; [foreword by Robert Farris Thompson ; preface by Richard Evans Schultes] |
Autore | Davis Wade |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 1988 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 299/.65 |
Soggetto topico |
Zombiism - Haiti
Bizango (Cult) Tetrodotoxin - Physiological effect |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
ISBN |
979-88-908793-4-9
0-8078-8758-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812257703321 |
Davis Wade | ||
Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 1988 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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