Description
The figure of the zombie that entered the popular imagination with the publication of William Seabrook's The Magic Island (1929)--during the American occupation of Haiti--still holds cultural currency around the world.
This book calls for a rethinking of zombies in a sociopolitical context through the examination of several films, including White Zombie (1932), The Love Wanga (1935), I Walked with a Zombie (1943) and The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988). A 21st-century film from Haiti, Zombi candidat a la presidence ... ou les amours d'un zombi, is also examined.
A reading of Heading South (2005), a film about the female tourist industry in the Caribbean, explores zombification as a consumptive process driven by capitalism.
About the Author
Toni Pressley-Sanon is an assistant professor at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Reviews
"The sociocultural and historical framework Pressley-Sanon structures her text on is one of the book's many attractions, making it equally fascinating across disciplines...remarkable"-H-Net Reviews.
Book Information
ISBN 9780786494248
Author Toni Pressley-Sanon
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 286g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm
