Real zombies, the living dead, and creatures of the Apocalypse

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"An antidote to the dozens of Hollywood files that monotonously portray the lurching, reanimated dead. True zombie traditions are vast and multicultural, and they have been almost completely overlooked by the popular media."--Cover.

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Full title :Real zombies, the living dead, and creatures of the Apocalypse / Brad Steiger.

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Publication Date:©2010.

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Publisher(s):Visible Ink Press
Place of Publication:Detroit
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

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Description:1 online resource (xix, 313 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9781578593415, 1578593417
oclc:ocn645429741
LC Classification:BF1556
Dewey Decimal:398/.45

The zombies are coming -- Zombies versus vampires -- Mummies and zombies -- Out of Africa -- Voudon : how to make a zombie -- Witchcraft and voodoo -- Voodoo deaths -- Damballah Wedo, the snake god -- King and queen of the zombies -- Marie Laveau, the Voodoo queen eternal -- Black Cat Mama Couteaux and the great zombie war -- Curses, spells, and hexes -- The devil baby of Bourbon Street -- Voodoo children -- Little Violette, the zombie child -- The sin eaters -- The Wendigo's craving for human flesh -- Recipes for hungry ghosts -- Eating human flesh as a religious experience -- Hitler's quest to zombify the world -- The CIA experiments to create a zombie nation -- Golems and tulpas : psychic zombies -- Zombies and Voodoo magic around the world -- Zombies and monsters of the Apocalypse -- Azazel and the watchers : slavemasters of earth -- Does the rise of the zombies herald Armageddon?