The Things That Fly in the Night: Female Vampires in Literature of the Circum-Caribbean and African Diaspora

by Giselle Liza Anatol

Book Overview

The Things That Fly in the Night explores images of vampirism in Caribbean and African diasporic folk traditions and in contemporary fiction. Giselle Liza Anatol focuses on the figure of the soucouyant, or Old Hag--an aged woman by day who sheds her skin during night's darkest hours in order to fly about her community and suck the blood of her unwitting victims. In contrast to the glitz, glamour, and seductiveness of conventional depictions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813565731
• ISBN13: 9780813565736
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"