Ghost movies in Southeast Asia and beyond: narratives, cultural contexts, audiences
Intro -- Ghost Movies in Southeast Asia and Beyond: Narratives, Cultural Contexts, Audiences -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- About the Authors -- Introduction: 'Cinema-Spiritualism' in Southeast Asia and Beyond: Encounters with Ghosts in the 21st Century -- Part 1...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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| Published: |
Leiden, Netherlands ;
Brill
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Series/Journal: | Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde Ser.
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Asia
/ Horror films
/ Ghost
B Asia / Horror films |
| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Motion Pictures Southeast Asia B Asia B Supernatural in motion pictures B Horror films B Motion Pictures (Southeast Asia) B Electronic books B Ghosts in motion pictures B Conference program |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Intro -- Ghost Movies in Southeast Asia and Beyond: Narratives, Cultural Contexts, Audiences -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- About the Authors -- Introduction: 'Cinema-Spiritualism' in Southeast Asia and Beyond: Encounters with Ghosts in the 21st Century -- Part 1: Narratives -- 1 Universal Hybrids: The Trans/Local Production of Pan-Asian Horror -- 2 Well-Travelled Female Avengers: The Transcultural Potential of Japanese Ghosts -- 3 Telling Tales: Variety, Community, and Horror in Thailand -- 4 'Sundelbolong' as a Mode of Femininity: Analysis of Popular Ghost Movies in Indonesia -- Part 2: Cultural Contexts -- 5 That's the Spirit!: Horror Films as an Extension of Thai Supernaturalism -- 6 The Khmer Witch Project: Demonizing the Khmer by Khmerizing a Demon -- 7 Stepping Out from the Silver Screen and into the Shadows: The Fearsome, Ephemeral Ninjas of Timor-Leste -- Part 3: Audiences -- 8 The Supernatural and Post-war Thai Film: Traditional Monsters and Social Mobility -- 9 Globalized Haunting: The Transnational Spectral in Apichatpong's Syndromes and a Century and its Reception -- 10 Pencak Silat, Ghosts, and (Inner) Power: Reception of Martial Arts Movies and Television Series amongst Young Pencak Silat Practitioners in Indonesia -- 11 Ghost Movies, the Makers, and their Audiences: Andrea Lauser in Conversation with the Filmmakers Katarzyna Ancuta and Solarsin Ngoenwichit from Thailand and Mattie Do from Laos -- Index -- Film Index. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (309 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9004323643 |