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<p><br>in 1982, Harvard-trained Ethnobotanist Wade Davis Traveled Into The Haitian Countryside To Research Reports Of Zombies&#151;the Infamous Living Dead Of Haitian Folklore. A Report By A Team Of Physicians Of A Verifiable Case Of Zombification Led Him To Try To Obtain The Poison Associated With The Process And Examine It For Potential Medical Use.<p>interdisciplinary In Nature, This Study Reveals A Network Of Power Relations Reaching All Levels Of Haitian Political Life. It Sheds Light On Recent Haitian Political History, Including The Meteoric Rise Under Duvalier Of The Tonton Macoute. By Explaining Zombification As A Rational Process Within The Context Of Traditional Vodoun Society, Davis Demystifies One Of The Most Exploited Of Folk Beliefs, One That Has Been Used To Denigrate An Entire People And Their Religion.</p> <h3>library Journal</h3> <p>haitian Zombification, A Subject That Has Provoked A Great Deal Of Sensational Reporting In The Popular Press And Skepticism In Anthropological Circles, Is Analyzed In This Fascinating Work. The Author Delves Into Its Physiological, Social, And Psychological Impact, The Result Of Two Years Of On-site Study Of The Structure And Functio

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Author

Wade Davis; Richard Evans Schultes

Publisher

The University of North Carolina Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807817766

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Anthropology, Religion

Rating

4.1 / 5 (141 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14