Singapore cinema : new perspectives / edited by Liew Kai Khiun and Stephen Teo.

Author(s): Teo, Stephen | Liew, Kai Khiun

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Main Title
Singapore cinema : new perspectives
Author(s)
Liew, Kai Khiun
Teo, Stephen
Publisher
Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
Collation
177 p. : ill.
24 cm.
Series Title
Media, culture, and social change in Asia series
ISBN
9781138925250
Dewey Class
791.43095957
Contents
Part I: Cine-Pasts. 1. Malay Cinema's Legacy of Cultural Materialism: P. Ramlee as Historical Mentor / Stephen Teo -- 2. Singapore Cinema: Connecting the Golden Age and the Revival / Edna Lim -- 3. Converge and Slippage between Film and History: Reviewing Invisible City, Zahari's 17 Years, and Sandcastle / Loh Kah Seng and Kenneth Paul Tan -- 4. Independent Digital Filmmaking and Its Impact on Film Archiving in Singapore / Karen Chan and Chew Tee Pao --
Part II: Cine-citizenry. 5. Jack Neo, Conformity and Cultural Materialism in Singapore Film / Stephen Teo -- 6. Sensuous Citizenship in Contemporary Singapore Cinema: A Case Study of Singapore GaGa (Tan Pin Pin, 2005) / Sophia Siddique Harvey -- 7. Popular Music and Contemporary Singaporean Cinema / Liew Kai Khiun and Brenda Chan -- 8. Off with the shaking heads! Reel-izing "the Singapore Indian" in the local Tamil films, My Magic and Gurushetram - 24 Hours of Anger / Nidya Shantini Manokara --
Part III: Cine-cityscapes. 9. Foucault vs. Singapore: Biopolitics and Geopolitics in Contemporary Queer Films / Jun Zubillaga-Pow -- 10. Mapping Singapore's Cinemas / Charles Leary -- 11. Going to the Movies in Pardes / Anjali Gera Roy.
Language
English
Subject
Motion picture industry -- Singapore -- History.
Motion pictures -- Singapore -- History.
BRN
7514

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