Alluring Monsters: The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization

Alluring Monsters

The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization

2021 • 336 pages

The pontianak, a terrifying female vampire ghost, is a powerful figure in Malay cultures. Exploring how and why the pontianak found new life in postcolonial Southeast Asian film and society, Rosalind Galt reveals the importance of cinema to histories and theories of decolonization.


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