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The things that fly in the night :

(Number (ISBN

0813565758

(Number (ISBN

9780813565750

Erroneous ISBN

0813565731

Erroneous ISBN

081356574X

Erroneous ISBN

9780813565736

Erroneous ISBN

9780813565743

Title Proper

The things that fly in the night :

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[Book]

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female vampires in literature of the Circum-Caribbean and African diaspora /

First Statement of Responsibility

Giselle Liza Anatol.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New Brunswick, New Jersey :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Rutgers University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2015]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

Series Title

American literatures initiative

Series Title

Critical Caribbean studies

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Chapter 1: Conventional Versions: The Soucouyant Story in Folktales, Fiction, and Calypso -- Chapter 2: Nineteenth-Century Connections: European Vampire Stories and Configurations of the Demonic Black Woman -- Chapter 3: Draining Life Rather Than Giving It: Maternal Legacies -- Chapter 4: "Queering" the Norm: Vampirism and Women's Sexuality -- Chapter 5: Reconstructing a Nation of Strangers: Soucouyants in the Work of Tessa McWatt, David Chariandy, and Helen Oyeyemi -- Chapter 6: Shedding Skin and Sucking Blood: Playing with Notions of Racial Intransigence.

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"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 of the European vampire, the soucouyant triggers unease about old age and female power. Tracing relevant folklore through the English- and French-speaking Caribbean, the U.S. Deep South, and parts of West Africa, Anatol shows how tales of the nocturnal female bloodsuckers not only entertain and encourage obedience in pre-adolescent listeners, but also work to instill particular values about women's "proper" place and behaviors in society at large. Alongside traditional legends, Anatol considers the explosion of soucouyant and other vampire narratives among writers of Caribbean and African heritage who in the past twenty years have rejected the demonic image of the character and used her instead to urge for female mobility, racial and cultural empowerment, and anti colonial resistance. Texts include work by authors as diverse as Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, U.S. National Book Award winner Edwidge Danticat, and science fiction/fantasy writers Octavia Butler and Nalo Hopkinson"--

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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JSTOR

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22573/ctt1359nnh

Title

Things that fly in the night

International Standard Book Number

9780813565743

Schwarze, ...

African diaspora.

Caribbean literature-- History and criticism.

Literature-- Black authors-- History and criticism.

Tales-- Caribbean Area.

Vampires in literature.

African diaspora.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Literary.

Caribbean literature.

LITERARY CRITICISM-- Caribbean & Latin American.

Literatur

Literature-- Black authors.

Tales.

Vampir

Vampires in literature.

Volkserzählung

Caribbean Area.

Karibik

7

7

BIO-- 007000

LIT004100

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Book number

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Anatol, Giselle Liza,1970-

Date of Transaction

20200822133942.0

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[Book]

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