the origins of the zombie
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The Origins of the Zombie
Dr Nick Pearce FRAI
@drnickpearce
Further Anthropological Questions
• The zombie has escaped its vodou roots, why?– Who controls the zombies now?
• What do today’s zombies tell us about our culture and its fears?
Further Reading• Davis, W. (1988). Passage of darkness : the ethnobiology of the
Haitian zombie. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press.• James, C. L. R. and J. Walvin (2001). The black Jacobins : Toussaint
L'Ouverture and the San Domingo revolution. London, Penguin.• Mariani, M. (2015). The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies. The
Atlantic.• Russell, J. (2005). Book of the Dead: the Complete History of
Zombie Cinema. Godalming, Surrey, FAB press.• Twohy, M. (2008). From Voodoo to Viruses: The Evolution of the
Zombie in Twentieth Century Popular Culture, Trinity College.• Whelan, A., R. Walker and C. Moore (2013). Zombies in the
academy : living death in higher education. Bristol, Intellect.
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