{"product_id":"the-transatlantic-zombie-slavery-rebellion-and-living-death-american-literatures-initiative-9780813568843","title":"The Transatlantic Zombie Slavery Rebellion and Living Death American Literatures Initiative","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Simply put, this is a tremendous—even epic—study of the zombie in a range of literary, cinematic, political, and popular contexts. A groundbreaking work!\" -- Aviva Briefel * Bowdoin College *\u003cbr\u003e\"This meticulously researched and exhaustive study is an invaluable offering to both Haitian and humanist scholarship. The historical depth and cultural breadth call attention to the zombie's impact as real social phenomenon and as provocative metaphor for the human condition.\" -- Kaiama L. Glover * author of Haiti Unbound: A Spiralist Challenge to the Postcolonial Canon *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on OrthographyIntroduction:    Zombie Dialectics1   Slavery and Slave Rebellion: The (Pre)History of the Zombi\/e2   “American” Zombies: Love and Theft on the Silver Screen3   Haitian Zombis: Symbolic Revolutions, Metaphoric Conquests, and the Mythic Occupation of History4   Textual Zombies in the Visual ArtsEpilogue:    The Occupation of MetaphorFilmographyNotesBibliographyIndex ","brand":"MW - Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742327210327,"sku":"9780813568843","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813568843.jpg?v=1758384293","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-transatlantic-zombie-slavery-rebellion-and-living-death-american-literatures-initiative-9780813568843","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}