GISELLE LIZA ANATOL is an associate professor of English at the University of Kansas at Lawrence.

• Table of ContentsChapter 1: Conventional Versions: The Soucouyant Story in Folktales, Fiction, and CalypsoChapter 2: Nineteenth-Century Connections: European Vampire Stories and Configurations of the Demonic Black WomanChapter 3: Draining Life Rather Than Giving It: Maternal LegaciesChapter 4: “Queering” the Norm: Vampirism and Women’s SexualityChapter 5: Reconstructing a Nation of Strangers: Soucouyants in the Work of Tessa McWatt, David Chariandy, and Helen OyeyemiChapter 6: Shedding Skin and Sucking Blood: Playing with Notions of Racial Intransigence

"The Things That Fly in the Night 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."- Natasha Barnes (author of Cultural Conundrums: Gender, Race, Nation, and the Making of Caribbean Cultural Politics) "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." (CHOICE) "Things That Fly 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." (Papers on Language and Literature)

GISELLE LIZA ANATOL is an associate professor of English at the University of Kansas at Lawrence.

• Table of ContentsChapter 1: Conventional Versions: The Soucouyant Story in Folktales, Fiction, and CalypsoChapter 2: Nineteenth-Century Connections: European Vampire Stories and Configurations of the Demonic Black WomanChapter 3: Draining Life Rather Than Giving It: Maternal LegaciesChapter 4: “Queering” the Norm: Vampirism and Women’s SexualityChapter 5: Reconstructing a Nation of Strangers: Soucouyants in the Work of Tessa McWatt, David Chariandy, and Helen OyeyemiChapter 6: Shedding Skin and Sucking Blood: Playing with Notions of Racial Intransigence

"The Things That Fly in the Night 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."- Natasha Barnes (author of Cultural Conundrums: Gender, Race, Nation, and the Making of Caribbean Cultural Politics) "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." (CHOICE) "Things That Fly 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." (Papers on Language and Literature)

GISELLE LIZA ANATOL is an associate professor of English at the University of Kansas at Lawrence.

• Table of ContentsChapter 1: Conventional Versions: The Soucouyant Story in Folktales, Fiction, and CalypsoChapter 2: Nineteenth-Century Connections: European Vampire Stories and Configurations of the Demonic Black WomanChapter 3: Draining Life Rather Than Giving It: Maternal LegaciesChapter 4: “Queering” the Norm: Vampirism and Women’s SexualityChapter 5: Reconstructing a Nation of Strangers: Soucouyants in the Work of Tessa McWatt, David Chariandy, and Helen OyeyemiChapter 6: Shedding Skin and Sucking Blood: Playing with Notions of Racial Intransigence

"The Things That Fly in the Night 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."- Natasha Barnes (author of Cultural Conundrums: Gender, Race, Nation, and the Making of Caribbean Cultural Politics) "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." (CHOICE) "Things That Fly 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." (Papers on Language and Literature)