Alluring Monsters: The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization

by Rosalind Galt

Book Overview

The pontianak, a terrifying female vampire ghost, is a powerful figure in Malay cultures, as loved and feared in Southeast Asia as Dracula is in the West. In animist tradition, she is a woman who has died in childbirth, and her vengeful return upsets gender norms and social hierarchies. The pontianak first appeared on screen in late colonial Singapore in a series of popular films that combine indigenous animism and transnational production with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231201338
• ISBN13: 9780231201339
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"