[History 2186A/B] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (52 pages long)
29 Nov 2016
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Week 1: introduction to zombies, panic, and paranoia. Original concepts mostly associated with haiti (saint-domingue) a slave colony with appalling conditions. Haitian slaves believe dying would release their souls to return to africa; Suicide was very common; they also believed if you died while enslaved, you would become a zombie roaming a hated land, unable to escape. Haitian revolution (1804), the slaves rose up and defeated the french, and after the french colonies were gone, slaves were able to set up their own state. The concept of zombies changed; began to be associated with voodoo religion; controlled by voodoo priest, bokor used the undead to carry out his will. Zombies still existed, but in a post-colonial way misery mixed in with cult religion; This is the origin of zombies known to western culture; since, zombies have continued to dominate social culture (music, books and movies: (cid:1005)9(cid:1007)(cid:1006) (cid:862)the white zo(cid:373)(cid:271)ie(cid:863) (cid:373)ovie.
