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Drug slang A regional street term for
(1) PCP
(2) A heavy user of illicit drugs
Paranormal One of the ‘living dead’ of Haitian voodoo folklore
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L'imaginaire de la << maison des zombi >> : case a esclaves, captiverie
Du passe faisons table d'hote: le mode d'entretien des zombi dans l'imaginaire haitien et ses filiations historiques
Zombies' evolution in fiction is central to understanding how Diego Velazquez Betancourt in La noche que asolaron Tokio (2013) draws from various walking-dead narratives to address the ways in which modern ills have made human existence precarious, converting citizens into metaphoric zombies.
MAPPING THE ZOMBIE: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ BETANCOURT'S NEWFANGLED ZOMBIE IN LA NOCHE QUE ASOLARON TOKIO
El zombi es una figura arquetipica del folclore haitiano de la que se reapropio occidente a partir de su popularizacion en peliculas como Yo anduve con un zombie (1943), de Jacques Tourneur, Los ladrones de cuerpos (1956), de Don Siegel, y Zombi (1978), de George A.
Las dramaturgas espanolas y lo distopico: teatro y ciencia ficcion en el siglo XXI
In a similar vein, Ana Maria Hernandez del Castillo's "Vampiras, basilicos, zombies y munecas en 62 modelo para armar" (Vampires, Basilisks, Zombies and Dolls in 62 modelo para armar) analyzes the nonconforming females in Julio Cortazar's novel.
Roas, David, ed. El monstruo fantastico: Visiones y perspectivas [The Fantastic Monster: Visions and Perspectives]
The monsters of Shelley, Stevenson, and Stoker are recast as the zombis and soucriants of the obeah tradition, in whose monstrosity Rhys's heroines recognize the hybridity and abjection of their own divided identities.
"Haunted and Obeah": Gothic spaces and monstrous landscapes in Jean Rhys's Voyage in the Dark

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