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3. Draining Life Rather than Giving It: Maternal Legacies
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Giselle Liza Anatol
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
- 1. Conventional Versions: The Soucouyant Story in Folktales, Fiction, and Calypso 35
- 2. Nineteenth-Century Connections: European Vampire Stories and Configurations of the Demonic Black Woman 86
- 3. Draining Life Rather than Giving It: Maternal Legacies 125
- 4. “Queering” the Norm: Vampirism and Women’s Sexuality 159
- 5. Reconstructing a Nation of Strangers: Soucouyants in the Work of Tessa McWatt, David Chariandy, and Helen Oyeyemi 189
- 6. Shedding Skin and Sucking Blood: Playing with Notions of Racial Intransigence 221
- Conclusions 253
- Notes 265
- Works Cited 273
- Index 291
- About the Author 296
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
- 1. Conventional Versions: The Soucouyant Story in Folktales, Fiction, and Calypso 35
- 2. Nineteenth-Century Connections: European Vampire Stories and Configurations of the Demonic Black Woman 86
- 3. Draining Life Rather than Giving It: Maternal Legacies 125
- 4. “Queering” the Norm: Vampirism and Women’s Sexuality 159
- 5. Reconstructing a Nation of Strangers: Soucouyants in the Work of Tessa McWatt, David Chariandy, and Helen Oyeyemi 189
- 6. Shedding Skin and Sucking Blood: Playing with Notions of Racial Intransigence 221
- Conclusions 253
- Notes 265
- Works Cited 273
- Index 291
- About the Author 296
