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Zombies : an anthropological investigation of the living dead

Charlier, Philippe, author, Gray, Richard J., II, translator

Overview

\"Forensic pathologist Philippe Charlier - dubbed the \"Indiana Jones of the graveyards\" - travels to Haiti where rumors claim that some who die may return to life as zombies. Charlier investigates these far-fetched stories and finds that, in Haiti, the dead are a part of daily life. Families, fearing that loved ones may return from the grave, urge pallbearers to take rambling routes to prevent the recently departed from finding their way home from cemeteries. Corpses are sometimes killed a second time...just to be safe. And a person might spend their life preparing their funeral and grave to ensure they will not become a wandering soul after death...Zombies follows Charlier's journey to understand the fascinating and frightening world of Haiti's living dead, inviting readers to believe the unbelievable\"-- Back cover.

• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Subject: Zombies Haiti. / Zombiism. / Vodou Haiti. / Death Religious aspects. / Dead Folklore.
• ISBN: 9780813054575, 0813054575

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
GR581.C4313 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE