{"product_id":"the-things-that-fly-in-the-night-female-vampires-in-literature-of-the-circum-caribbean-and-african-diaspora-paperback-softback-9780813565736","title":"The Things That Fly in the Night; Female Vampires in Literature of the Circum-Caribbean and African Diaspora (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813565736","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Things That Fly in the Night\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFemale Vampires in Literature of the Circum-Caribbean and African Diaspora\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGiselle Liza Anatol (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813565736\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 February 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 8 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Things That Fly in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book in the growing scholarship of Caribbean folklore and literature. Encyclopedic in its scope and grand in its theoretical ambition, Professor Anatol's study of the specters of Caribbean occult should be read by everyone interested in Afro-diasporic culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - Natasha Barnes (author of Cultural Conundrums: Gender, Race, Nation, and the Making of Caribbean Cultural Politics) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Anatol discusses contemporary literature that foregrounds the black female vampire as a figure through which to critique women’s prescribed roles in traditional folk legends, poetry, and songs of the African diaspora. In six well-organized, well-written chapters (framed by an introduction and a conclusion), the author provides an in-depth analysis of the tradition and its revisions.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (CHOICE) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThings That Fly\u003c\/i\u003e is indispensable for scholars interested in cultural studies, folklore, gender studies, and literary studies; it provides vital insight about the female vampire’s shifting roles in African Diasporan and circum-Caribbean literature and culture.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Papers on Language and Literature)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Things That Fly in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e explores images of vampirism in Caribbean and African diasporic folk traditions and in contemporary fiction. Giselle Liza Anatol focuses on the figure of the \u003ci\u003esoucouyant\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.  \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlongside 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.abantuaudio.com\/books\/1197052\/The-Things-That-Fly-in-the-Night\"'\u003eThis book is available as an audio book (\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca data-auth='\"Verified\"' href='\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abantuaudio.com%2Fbooks%2F1197052%2FThe-Things-That-Fly-in-the-Night\u0026amp;data=02%7C01%7Cbhammack%40press.rutgers.edu%7Cd7c27be18ffe4bf50a0408d6773c5c6f%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C636827498464778284\u0026amp;sdata=NuWhhCDGIJLyGXTY%2F4zWH6z5r2JMGpnzZ6Ow8jOFlxA%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\"' id='\"LPlnk432076\"' originalsrc='\"https:\/\/www.abantuaudio.com\/books\/1197052\/The-Things-That-Fly-in-the-Night\"' rel='\"noopener' noreferrer shash='\"Mma8WmkNM5YKzKYpDc1XBlYlP7iEQv6O9lpmtoAaVQ0qhSlc+JRJ9JGEY69wcEs2zZXe+39O0qSW7VsYtJOAdRu3QSHaPAkYrtMFiapnFC3hxgpUFLM586XvqavkjkbKg3eXy6feMXYi\/xHU2JbcLRrskuvzPttrNxtQDQVGEhw=\"' target='\"_blank\"' title='\"Original' url: https: click or tap if you trust this link.\u003ehttps:\/\/www.abantuaudio.com\/books\/1197052\/The-Things-That-Fly-in-the-Night\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.abantuaudio.com\/books\/1197052\/The-Things-That-Fly-in-the-Night\"'\u003e).\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Conventional Versions: The Soucouyant Story in Folktales, Fiction, and Calypso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Nineteenth-Century Connections: European Vampire Stories and Configurations of the Demonic Black Woman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Draining Life Rather Than Giving It: Maternal Legacies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: “Queering” the Norm: Vampirism and Women’s Sexuality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Reconstructing a Nation of Strangers: Soucouyants in the Work of Tessa McWatt, David Chariandy, and Helen Oyeyemi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Shedding Skin and Sucking Blood: Playing with Notions of Racial Intransigence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670839259416,"sku":"9780813565736","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-things-that-fly-in-the-night-female-vampires-in-literature-of-the-circum-caribbean-and-african-diaspora-paperback-softback-9780813565736","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}