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OverviewExamines how Singapore cinema functions as a national cinema'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. Set against the context of Singapore's own trajectory of development, the book poses two central questions: how can the films of each period be considered 'Singapore' films, and how is this cinema specifically national? The book argues that the films of these three periods collectively constitute a national cinema through different performances of Singapore, offering a critical framework for understanding this cinema and its history in relation to the development of the country and the national.Key FeaturesThe first full length, critical study of Singapore cinemaIncludes case studies of films from the golden age of the 1950s and 60s, the post-studio 1970s, and the revival from the 1990s onwardsConsiders Singapore's cinema history and relationship with the national, building on developments in transnational cinema studies Full Product DetailsAuthor: Edna LimPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 9781474402880ISBN 10: 1474402887 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 31 March 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsEdna Lim's Celluloid Singapore: Cinema, Performance and the National explores Singapore's preoccupation with nationhood, historicity and the performance of both in and through cinema, taking the nation-state up to its screen culture present. The book, as such, provides a great deal more than overview or a history of Singaporean cinema. Instead it offers a theoretically informed exploration of cinema as a site for conflicting representations of and by Singapore on the local, regional and global stage, thus revealing this most astonishing phenomena in the historical complexity it so richly deserves. As such, Lim's book speaks to those interested in Southeast Asian studies, postcolonial studies and aesthetics as well as cinema studies. It is a rare and welcome addition.--Professor Ryan Bishop, University of Southampton Author InformationEdna Lim is a Senior Lecturer with the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore where she primarily teaches film in the Theatre Studies Programme. Her research interests and publications span a range of issues in contemporary Hollywood cinema, adaptation studies, Asian and Singapore cinemas. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |