Celluloid Singapore : cinema, performance and the national /

Celluloid Singapore is a ground-breaking study of the three major periods in Singapore's fragmented cinema history, namely the golden age of the 1950s and 60s, the post-studio 1970s, and the revival from the 1990s onwards.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lim, Edna (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Series:Traditions in world cinema.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Singapore > History.
Motion picture industry > Singapore > History.
Cinéma > Singapour > Histoire.
Cinéma > Industrie > Singapour > Histoire.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Direction & Production.
Motion pictures.
Motion picture industry.
Singapore.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Merdeka! : Merger, separation and a transnational golden age
  • 3. Influence, hybridity and how the past is a foreign country
  • 4. Nation-building, a nun and a bionic boy
  • 5. Not so foreign : the Case of Saint Jack
  • 6. One people, one nation, one Singapore
  • 7. Revival cinema : 'other' Singaporeans in (an)other Singapore
  • 8. Singapore cinema in Singapore.

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