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Early Access: A History of Zombies

Published: October 14th 2024, 11:12:57 pm

In what was supposed to be a 20-minute video, I discuss the ways that zombies (and other revenants) have evolved in folklore, pop culture, and history. What did Zora Neale Hurston, Wade Davis, and William Seabrook find when they visited Haiti? How did other Haitian events-- revolution, stigma about voodoo, American occupation in 1915, dictatorships-- shape beliefs and fuel urban legend? How did zombies go from enslaved workers to bloodthirsty plague carriers?

Watch and enjoy! This is being made public on youtube tomorrow.

Sources and Further Reading

• Race, Oppression and the Zombie: Essays on Cross-Cultural Appropriations of the Caribbean Tradition

• https://u.osu.edu/abel118eng4563/the-history-of-the-zombie-in-popular-culture/

• https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f5e9efa53eea036e019bc24/t/5f5ee1a44d3a6a5d4ff28e78/1600053672506/Tell+My+Horse_+Voodoo+and+Life+-+Zora+Neale+Hurston.pdf

• https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/13/250844800/zoinks-tracing-the-history-of-zombie-from-haiti-to-the-cdc

• https://galaxypress.com/zombies-the-history-and-literature-of-reanimated-corpses/

• https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/how-america-erased-the-tragic-history-of-the-zombie/412264/

• https://themagnificent60s.com/2022/09/26/behind-the-scenes-the-night-of-the-living-dead-1968/

• https://variety.com/1968/film/reviews/night-of-the-living-dead-1200421603/

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040802044.html?sid=ST2008041102658

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/310437220/

• https://www.library.cmu.edu/about/news/2017-10/legacy-dead-history-zombie

• https://mandemhood.com/voodoo-in-my-heart-a-brief-history-of-haitian-zombies/

• https://origins.osu.edu/connecting-history/top-ten-origins-zombies-undead-shuffle

• https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/29/nyregion/dissent-grows-among-jehovah-s-witnesses.html

• https://harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files//zombie_1986_small.pdf

• https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/object/relifp-11

• https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/opinion/a-zombie-is-a-slave-forever.html

• https://www.cbr.com/walking-dead-big-lie-image-comics/

• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/walking-dead-plans-global-zombie-32345/

• https://undeadwalking.com/2018/03/10/diversity-walking-dead-comics-issue-177/

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/273626776/

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/681149535/

• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/hurricane-katrina-roland-bourgeois.html

• https://comicbook.com/thewalkingdead/news/the-walking-dead-robert-kirkman-aliens-lie/

• https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/04/our-zombies-ourselves/308401/

• https://ia801208.us.archive.org/13/items/GamePro_Issue_103_February_1998/GamePro_Issue_103_February_1998.pdf

• https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-night-of-the-living-dead-1968

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• https://popular-archaeology.com/article/walking-dead-and-vengeful-spirits/

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• https://ew.com/article/2007/11/30/richard-mathesons-latest-sci-fi-project/

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/10/03/DI2006100300686.html

• https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/29/17502894/the-sims-2-storytelling-community

• https://journals.openedition.org/miranda/6899

• https://news.arizona.edu/news/vampire-burial-reveals-efforts-prevent-childs-return-grave

• https://www.worldhistory.org/article/892/ghosts-in-anci

• https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/haiti-us-occupation-hundred-year-anniversary

• https://www.52-insights.com/wade-davis-journey-of-an-explorer-anthropology-science-culture/

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/zombie-apocalypse-a-coup-for-the-cdc-emergency-team/2011/05/20/AFPj3l7G_blog.html

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/797757060/

• https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/31/13440402/zombie-political-history

• https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/13/250844800/zoinks-tracing-the-history-of-zombie-from-haiti-to-the-cdc

• https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/07/michael-jackson-thriller-201007

• https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/05/apocalyptic-economics-whether-zombies-or-rapture-be-prepared/239234/

• https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2014/10/does-the-haitian-criminal-code-outlaw-making-zombies/

• https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/41857250.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3Ad20f65e1061a9911f4ac1e959f69a6df&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&initiator=&acceptTC=1

• https://www.jstor.org/stable/24616733?searchText=&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dzombie%26so%3Drel%26efqs%3DeyJjdHkiOlsiYW05MWNtNWhiQT09IiwiWTI5dWRISnBZblYwWldSZmMyVnlhV0ZzY3c9PSJdfQ%3D%3D&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default%3Aae42caaa72105a24581f4382d4413efc&seq=2

• https://www.worldhistory.org/article/892/ghosts-in-anci

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/657027248/

• https://aimeecrocker.com/people/asylum-and-the-magic-island/

• https://magazine.atavist.com/the-zombie-king/

• https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/14/us/now-no-haitians-can-donate-blood.html

• https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/trump-reopens-an-old-wound-for-haitians