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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical Asian Cinemas ; 1Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)Content type:
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  • 9789048551163
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.430959 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Postcolonial Spatiality -- 2. Reorienting Film History Spatially -- 3. Postcolonial Cacophonies -- 4. Postcolonial Myths -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9789048551163

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Postcolonial Spatiality -- 2. Reorienting Film History Spatially -- 3. Postcolonial Cacophonies -- 4. Postcolonial Myths -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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