Singapore Cinema

New Perspectives
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-59569-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 157 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

Reihe: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia

This book outlines and discusses the very wide range of cinema which is to be found in Singapore. Although Singapore cinema is a relatively small industry, and relatively new, it has nevertheless made an impact, and continues to develop in interesting ways. The book shows that although Singapore cinema is often seen as part of diasporic Chinese cinema, it is in fact much more than this, with strong connections to Malay cinema and the cinemas of other Southeast Asian nations. Moreover, the themes and subjects covered by Singapore cinema are very wide, ranging from conformity to the regime and Singapore’s national outlook, with undesirable subjects overlooked or erased, to the sympathetic depiction of minorities and an outlook which is at odds with the official outlook. The book will be useful to readers coming new to the subject and wanting a concise overview, while at the same time the book puts forward many new research findings and much new thinking.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Liew, Kai Khiun

Teo, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Cine-Pasts

1. Malay Cinema’s Legacy of Cultural Materialism: P. Ramlee as Historical Mentor

2. Singapore Cinema: Connecting the Golden Age and the Revival

3. Converge and Slippage between Film and History: Reviewing Invisible City, Zahari’s 17 Years, and Sandcastle

4. Independent Digital Filmmaking and Its Impact on Film Archiving in Singapore

Part II: Cine-citizenry

5. Jack Neo, Conformity and Cultural Materialism in Singapore Film

6. Sensuous Citizenship in Contemporary Singapore Cinema: A Case Study of Singapore GaGa (Tan Pin Pin, 2005)

7. Popular Music and Contemporary Singaporean Cinema
8. Off with the shaking heads!Reel-izing ‘the Singapore Indian’ in the local Tamil films My Magic and Gurushetram-24 Hours of Anger

Part III: Cine-cityscapes

9. Foucault vs. Singapore: Biopolitics and Geopolitics in Contemporary Queer Films

10. Mapping Singapore’s Cinemas

11. Going to the Movies in Pardes

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Teo is an Associate Professor at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Liew Kai Khiun is an Assistant Professor at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.