Rosalind Galt (University of Susse Senior Lecturer in Film Studies

Broschiertes Buch

Alluring Monsters

The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Rosalind Galt is professor of film studies at King's College London. Her previous Columbia University Press books are The New European Cinema: Redrawing the Map (2006) and Pretty: Film and the Decorative Image (2011), and she is coauthor of Queer Cinema in the World (2016).

Produktdetails

• Film and Culture Series
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780231201339
• ISBN-10: 0231201338
• Artikelnr.: 61622139