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Remapping the sinophone : the cultural production of Chinese-language cinema in Singapore and Malaya before and during the Cold War /

In a work that will force scholars to re-evaluate how they approach Sinophone studies, Wai-Siam Hee demonstrates that many of the major issues raised by contemporary Sinophone studies were already hotly debated in the popular culture surrounding Chinese-language films made in Singapore and Malaya du...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Xu, Weixian (Professor of Chinese studies) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2019]
Colección:Crossings: Asian Cinema and Media Culture Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In a work that will force scholars to re-evaluate how they approach Sinophone studies, Wai-Siam Hee demonstrates that many of the major issues raised by contemporary Sinophone studies were already hotly debated in the popular culture surrounding Chinese-language films made in Singapore and Malaya during the Cold War. Despite the high political stakes, the feature films, propaganda films, newsreels, documentaries, newspaper articles, memoirs, and other published materials of the time dealt in sophisticated ways with issues some mistakenly believe are only modern concerns. In the process, the bo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9789882204874
9882204872