Pocong: Contemporary Zombie Stories in Indonesia
The paper about the Indonesian “zombie” pocong examines specific features of the ghost stories in Indonesia, tracks the etymology of the words hantu (“ghost,” “undead”) and pocong (“wrapped in shroud”), and includes a translation of a typical ghost story (“Pocong and a Cart Hawker”). It introduces t...
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Language: | English |
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A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2021-03-01
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Series: | Studia Litterarum |
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Online Access: | http://studlit.ru/images/2021-6-1/Frolova.pdf |