Davis, Wade

Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie [Anthropology, Folklore]

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988.

No Flaws or Blemishes but sunning of the spine; Unread;  The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean;  9 inches tall; 344 pages with a Glossary, Bibliography and Index and Illustrations.

Davis's research is grounded in firsthand ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Haiti during the early 1980s. He explores the role of secret societies, such as the Bizango, in the practice of zombification, highlighting their influence within Haitian society.

The book also examines the pharmacological components involved in the process, including substances like tetrodotoxin and datura, and their effects on the human body. Davis argues that zombification serves as a form of social control, reflecting the interplay between cultural beliefs and pharmacological practices. [Adapted from Reviews]

Subjects: Haitian Culture, Zombies, Pharmacology, Folklore, Social Control, Ethnography, Anthropology, Ethnobiology, History.

Item #20343
ISBN: 0807842109

Price: $35.00