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Postcolonial Hangups in Southeast Asian Cinema : Poetics of Space, Sound, and Stability /

Postcolonial Hangups in Southeast Asian Cinema explores a geopolitically situated set of cultures negotiating unique relationships to colonial history. These particular Singaporean, Malaysian, and Indonesian identities are discussed through a variety of commercial films, art cinema, and experimental...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sim, Gerald (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Series:Critical Asian cinemas.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Postcolonial Hangups in Southeast Asian Cinema explores a geopolitically situated set of cultures negotiating unique relationships to colonial history. These particular Singaporean, Malaysian, and Indonesian identities are discussed through a variety of commercial films, art cinema, and experimental work. It discovers instances of postcoloniality that manifest stylistically through Singapore's preoccupations with space, the importance of sound to Malay culture, and the Indonesian investment in genre.
Item Description:Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages): illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-250) and index.
ISBN:9789048551163
Access:Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.