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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Main Author: Sim, Gerald (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2020.
Series:Critical Asian cinemas.
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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:EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
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Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations
ISBN:9789048551163
9048551161