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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The Vodou ethic and the spirit of communism : the practical consciousness of the African People of Haiti / / Paul C. Mocombe |
Autore | Mocombe Paul Camy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (155 p.) |
Disciplina | 335.43097294 |
Soggetto topico |
Communism - Haiti
Vodou - Haiti - Rituals |
ISBN | 0-7618-6703-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Theorizing about the Constitution of Black Practical Consciousnesses in Haiti; 2 Phenomenological Structuralism; 3 A Phenomenological Structural Constitution of Modern Society; 4 A Phenomenological Structural Constitution of Haitian Society; 5 Conclusions; References Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797904003321 |
Mocombe Paul Camy | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Vodou ethic and the spirit of communism : the practical consciousness of the African People of Haiti / / Paul C. Mocombe |
Autore | Mocombe Paul Camy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (155 p.) |
Disciplina | 335.43097294 |
Soggetto topico |
Communism - Haiti
Vodou - Haiti - Rituals |
ISBN | 0-7618-6703-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Theorizing about the Constitution of Black Practical Consciousnesses in Haiti; 2 Phenomenological Structuralism; 3 A Phenomenological Structural Constitution of Modern Society; 4 A Phenomenological Structural Constitution of Haitian Society; 5 Conclusions; References Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807089703321 |
Mocombe Paul Camy | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vodou in Haitian life and culture [[electronic resource] ] : invisible powers / / edited by Claudine Michel and Patrick Bellegarde-Smith |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) |
Disciplina | 299.6/75097294 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MichelClaudine
Bellegarde-SmithPatrick |
Soggetto topico | Voodooism |
ISBN |
1-349-53305-X
0-312-37620-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793049603321 |
New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vodou in Haitian life and culture : invisible powers / / edited by Claudine Michel and Patrick Bellegarde-Smith |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) |
Disciplina | 299.6/75097294 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MichelClaudine
Bellegarde-SmithPatrick |
Soggetto topico | Voodooism |
ISBN |
1-349-53305-X
0-312-37620-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture -- Contents -- Invisible Powers: An Introduction -- Chapter 1 Afro-Caribbean Spirituality: A Haitian Case Study -- Chapter 2 Vodou in Haiti: Way of Life and Mode of Survival -- Chapter 3 African Interpretations of the Christian Cross in Vodou -- Chapter 4 The Song of Freedom: Vodou, Conscientization, and Popular Culture in Haiti -- Chapter 5 Yon Moso Twal Nan Bwa (A Piece of Cloth on Wood): The Drapo Vodou in Myths of Origin -- Chapter 6 "The Jew" in the Haitian Imagination: Pre-Modern Anti-Judaism in the Postmodern Caribbean -- Chapter 7 Resisting Freedom: Cultural Factors in Democracy-The Case for Haiti -- Chapter 8 The Haiti-New Orleans Vodou Connection: Zora Neale Hurston as Initiate-Observer -- Chapter 9 Water in Their Eyes, Dust on Their Land: Heat and Illness in a Haitian Town -- Chapter 10 How Houngans Use the Light from Distant Stars -- Chapter 11 Vodou in Haitian Literature -- Chapter 12 It's All for You, Sen Jak! -- Notes on Contributors -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823984903321 |
New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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