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A Specter Is Haunting Pakistan! Nationalism in Pakistan's Horror Pulp Fiction

A Specter Is Haunting Pakistan! Nationalism in Pakistan's Horror Pulp Fiction

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A Specter Is Haunting Pakistan! Nationalism in Pakistan's Horror Pulp Fiction

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A Specter Is Haunting Pakistan! Nationalism in Pakistan's Horror Pulp Fiction

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Nagoya: Nanzan University

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Asian folklore studies, 2021-01, Vol.80 (1), p.31-56

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English

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Nagoya: Nanzan University

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Urdu digests have a long history in Pakistan, and their contents include detective tales, science fiction, and love stories. The horror genre-found for example in magazines such as Khaufnak Digest, Sacci Kahani, or Dar Digest-is particularly intriguing, as the fantastic and the uncanny yield a canvas for stereotypes and ideologies. Horror stories a...

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A Specter Is Haunting Pakistan! Nationalism in Pakistan's Horror Pulp Fiction

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2574812165

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1882-6865

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