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Author Xu, Weixian (Professor of Chinese studies), author.

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

Publication Info. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Crossings: Asian Cinema and Media Culture Ser.
Crossings: Asian Cinema and Media Culture Ser.
Summary 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.
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Subject Motion pictures, Chinese -- Singapore -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures, Chinese.
Singapore.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Motion pictures, Chinese -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- History -- 20th century.
Malaya.
Politics in motion pictures.
Politics in motion pictures.
Cold War.
Cold War (1945-1989)
Singapore -- History -- 20th century.
Malaya -- History -- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960.
Malayan Emergency (Malaya : 1948-1960)
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 9888528033 9789888528035 (OCoLC)1096352018
ISBN 9789882204874 (electronic book)
9882204872 (electronic book)
9888528033
9789888528035