Provides a more complete history of the zombie than has ever been told, explaining how the myth's migration to the New World was facilitated by the transatlantic slave trade, and reveals the real-world import of storytelling, reminding us of the power of myths and mythmaking, and the high stakes of appropriation and homage.
Provides a more complete history of the zombie than has ever been told, explaining how the myth's migration to the New World was facilitated by the transatlantic slave trade, and reveals the real-world import of storytelling, reminding us of the power of myths and mythmaking, and the high stakes of appropriation and homage.
Contents Acknowledgments A Note on Orthography Introduction: Zombie Dialectics 1 Slavery and Slave Rebellion: The (Pre)History of the Zombi/e 2 “American” Zombies: Love and Theft on the Silver Screen 3 Haitian Zombis: Symbolic Revolutions, Metaphoric Conquests, and the Mythic Occupation of History 4 Textual Zombies in the Visual Arts Epilogue: The Occupation of Metaphor Filmography Notes Bibliography Index
Contents Acknowledgments A Note on Orthography Introduction: Zombie Dialectics 1 Slavery and Slave Rebellion: The (Pre)History of the Zombi/e 2 “American” Zombies: Love and Theft on the Silver Screen 3 Haitian Zombis: Symbolic Revolutions, Metaphoric Conquests, and the Mythic Occupation of History 4 Textual Zombies in the Visual Arts Epilogue: The Occupation of Metaphor Filmography Notes Bibliography Index
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