Ghost Movies in Southeast Asia and Beyond

Ghost Movies in Southeast Asia and Beyond explores ghost movies, one of the most popular film genres in East and Southeast Asia, by focusing on movie narratives, the cultural contexts of their origins and audience reception.

Info autore

Peter J. Bräunlein currently holds a visiting professorship at the Institute for the Study of Religion at the University of Leipzig. From 2011-2015 he conducted a collaborative research project on "spirits and modernity" in the Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia network (DORISEA), at the University of Göttingen. His research interests include Christianity in anthropological and historical perspectives; religious pluralism in Southeast Asia; film and media studies; ghosts, spirits and the uncertainties of modernity.

Andrea Lauser is professor of Anthropology in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen. From 2011-2015 she was the spokesperson of the research network on the Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia (DORISEA) and engaged in the research project "spirits and modernity". She co-edited among others the volume Religion, Place and Modernity in Southeast and East Asia. Spatial Articulations in Southeast Asia and East Asia (Brill, 2016).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Peter J Bräunlein (Editore)
• Editore: de Gruyter Brill
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 19.08.2016
• EAN: 9789004323407
• ISBN: 978-90-04-32340-7
• Pagine: 310
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 244 mm x 22 mm
• Peso: 562 g
• Serie: Verhandelingen Van Het Koninkl
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto