Undead Uprising: Haiti, Horror and The Zombie Complex

by John Cussans

Tracking the zombie from Hollywood back to its origins in the voodoo folklore of Haiti.

There are zombies among us From the rotting hordes of TV's The Walking Dead to the blockbuster nightmares of World War Z and 28 Days Later, our popular culture is overrun with the ravenous undead.

But where do these strange creatures come from, and what peculiar tales of mesmerism, freemasonry, pig sacrifice and revolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907222472
• ISBN13: 9781907222474
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher