{"product_id":"9781476625843","title":"Zombifying a Nation: Race, Gender and the Haitian Loas on Screen","description":"The figure of the zombie that entered the popular imagination with the publication of William Seabrook’s \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Island\u003c\/i\u003e (1929)—during the American occupation of Haiti—still holds cultural currency around the world.    This book calls for a rethinking of zombies in a sociopolitical context through the examination of several films, including \u003ci\u003eWhite Zombie\u003c\/i\u003e (1932), \u003ci\u003eThe Love Wanga\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), \u003ci\u003eI Walked with a Zombie\u003c\/i\u003e (1943) and \u003ci\u003eThe Serpent and the Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e (1988). A 21st-century film from Haiti, \u003ci\u003eZombi candidat à la présidence ... ou les amours d’un zombi\u003c\/i\u003e, is also examined.    A reading of \u003ci\u003eHeading South\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), a film about the female tourist industry in the Caribbean, explores zombification as a consumptive process driven by capitalism.","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company, Incorporated Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130760544496,"sku":"9781476625843","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476625843_p0.jpg?v=1763609071","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476625843","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}