Screen LibraryThe colonial documentary film in South and South-East Asia /
Based on rare archival documents and films, this anthology is the first to focus primarily on the use of official and colonial documentary films in the South and South-East Asian regions. Drawing together a range of international scholars, the book sheds new light on historical, theoretical and empi...
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Edinburgh University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Edinburgh, Scotland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Based on rare archival documents and films, this anthology is the first to focus primarily on the use of official and colonial documentary films in the South and South-East Asian regions. Drawing together a range of international scholars, the book sheds new light on historical, theoretical and empirical issues pertaining to the documentary film, in order to better comprehend the significant transformations of the form in the colonial, late colonial and immediate post-colonial period. Covering diverse geographical and colonial contexts in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines a |
| Carrier Form: | x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781474431965 1474431968 9781474407205 147440720X |
| Index Number: | PN1995 |
| CLC: | J952 |
| Call Number: | J952/C719 |
| Contents: |
Issues of Colonialism, Late Colonialism and Independence -- The People's Action Party Government of Singapore and Berita Singapura / Merdeka for Malaya: Imagining Independence across the British Empire / The Language of Counterinsurgency in Malaya: Dialectical Soundscapes of Salvage and Warfare / Figures of Empire: American Documentaries in the Philippines / Missionary Films and Christian Evangelism -- Two Films and a Coronation: The Containment of Isla |