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2. Race, oppression and the zombie : essays on cross-cultural appropriations of the Caribbean tradition
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Moreman,Christopher M. (Author) and Rushton,Cory James (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Jefferson, NC: McFarland
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 232 p, "Explores numerous aspects of the zombie phenomenon, from its roots in Haitian folklore, to its evolution on the silver screen, to its most radical transformation during the 1960s countercultural revolution. Contributors examine the zombie and its relationship to colonialism, orientalism, racism, globalism, capitalism and more" --Provided by publisher.
3. Revaluing the Dynamics of Orality in the Continental Caribbean Literature of Colombia
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Castillo,Marisol (Author)
- Format:
- Dissertation/Thesis
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- California: University of California, Los Angeles
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
- Notes:
- 152 p., Sheds light on the importance of orality as it is embedded in the cultural traditions of the Colombian Caribbean. Examines the different ways in which orality is manifested and produced in Colombian popular culture and literature. Also explores the dynamics of "primary orality," in which orality compensates for the absence of knowledge or usage of a written alphabet, and "secondary orality," in which orality is sustained by a technological device, in this case the cassette.
4. The Legend of Rose Hall
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Webley,Peter (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 1990-08-31
- Published:
- Miami, FL
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Caribbean Today
- Journal Title Details:
- 9 : 9
- Notes:
- As a little girl, [Annee] had become the favorite of a high voodoo priestess, who held considerable influence in King [Henry Christophe]'s court. Widowed and childless, she turned her attentions to Annee with trinkets and valuable gifts. Annee's parents encouraged the woman's interest because they felt her influence with the Kin could benefit them. It was this woman who taught Annee to believe in spirits, to regard the air as charged with the supernatural, over which she could gain control. She attended forbidden voodoo orgies, summoned by eerie drum beats in the dead of night. She saw the fear the people had of the high priestess and was carefully schooled by the latter in the ways of creating this fear...black magic and death. The priestess convinced Annee that she had the powers of a God. But the priestess died and Annee's parents also died leaving Annee very much alone in Haiti.