The zombie in contemporary French Caribbean fiction / Lucy Swanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swanson, Lucy, author.

Series:

Contemporary French and francophone cultures.

Liverpool scholarship online.

Contemporary French and francophone cultures

Liverpool scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caribbean fiction (French)--20th century--History and criticism.

Caribbean fiction (French).

Caribbean fiction (French)--21st century--History and criticism.

Zombies in literature--History and criticism.

Zombies in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2024.

Summary:

'The Zombie in Contemporary French Caribbean Fiction' is a study of the literary zombie in recent fiction from the region. It examines how this symbol of the enslaved (and of the evil spirits that threaten them) is used to represent and critique new socio-political situations in the Caribbean. It also offers a comprehensive and focused examination of the ways contemporary authors from Haiti and the French Antilles contribute to the global zombie imaginary, identifying four 'avatars' of the zombie - the slave, the trauma victim, the horde, and the popular zombie - that appear frequently in fiction and anthropology, exploring how works by celebrated and popular authors reimagine these archetypes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 29, 2023).

Previously issued in print: 2023.

ISBN:

1-80207-245-4

1-80207-651-4

OCLC:

1411754324