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2. Troubling Gender with the Pontianak

Rosalind Galt

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Acknowledgments ix
Note on Malay Language xiii
Introduction: On the Trail of the Pontianak 1
1. Popular Horror and the Anticolonial Imaginary 39
2. Troubling Gender with the Pontianak 79
3. Race, Religion, and Malay Identities 119
4. Who Owns the Kampung? Heritage, History, and Postcolonial Space 159
5. Animism as Form: A Pontianak Theory of the Forest 197
Notes 237
Bibliography 263
Index 277
FILM AND CULTURE 291

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Acknowledgments ix
Note on Malay Language xiii
Introduction: On the Trail of the Pontianak 1
1. Popular Horror and the Anticolonial Imaginary 39
2. Troubling Gender with the Pontianak 79
3. Race, Religion, and Malay Identities 119
4. Who Owns the Kampung? Heritage, History, and Postcolonial Space 159
5. Animism as Form: A Pontianak Theory of the Forest 197
Notes 237
Bibliography 263
Index 277
FILM AND CULTURE 291

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