Film in Contemporary Southeast Asia

Cultural Interpretation and Social Intervention

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts
Cover of the book Film in Contemporary Southeast Asia by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781136592461
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: March 12, 2012
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781136592461
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: March 12, 2012
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book discusses contemporary film in all the main countries of Southeast Asia, and the social practices and ideologies which films either represent or oppose. It shows how film acquires signification through cultural interpretation, and how film also serves as a site of contestations between social and political agents seeking to promote, challenge, or erase certain meanings, messages or ideas from public circulation. A unique feature of the book is that it focuses as much on films as it does on the societies from which these films emerge: it considers the reasons for film-makers taking the positions they take; the positions and counter-positions taken; the response of different communities; and the extent to which these interventions are connected to global flows of culture and capital.

The wide range of subjects covered include documentaries as political interventions in Singapore; political film-makers’ collectives in the Philippines, and films about prostitution in Cambodia and patriotism in Malaysia, and the Chinese in Indonesia. The book analyses films from Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines, across a broad range of productions – such as mainstream and independent features across genres (for example comedy, patriotic, political, historical genres) alongside documentary, classic and diasporic films.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book discusses contemporary film in all the main countries of Southeast Asia, and the social practices and ideologies which films either represent or oppose. It shows how film acquires signification through cultural interpretation, and how film also serves as a site of contestations between social and political agents seeking to promote, challenge, or erase certain meanings, messages or ideas from public circulation. A unique feature of the book is that it focuses as much on films as it does on the societies from which these films emerge: it considers the reasons for film-makers taking the positions they take; the positions and counter-positions taken; the response of different communities; and the extent to which these interventions are connected to global flows of culture and capital.

The wide range of subjects covered include documentaries as political interventions in Singapore; political film-makers’ collectives in the Philippines, and films about prostitution in Cambodia and patriotism in Malaysia, and the Chinese in Indonesia. The book analyses films from Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines, across a broad range of productions – such as mainstream and independent features across genres (for example comedy, patriotic, political, historical genres) alongside documentary, classic and diasporic films.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Strategic, Policy and Social Innovation for a Post-Industrial Korea by
Cover of the book Social Movements and Civil War by
Cover of the book Girls, Boys and Junior Sexualities by
Cover of the book Radical Schooling for Democracy by
Cover of the book Rising India by
Cover of the book Ethical Trade, Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods by
Cover of the book Desire in Dante and the Middle Ages by
Cover of the book Supporting and Educating Young Muslim Women by
Cover of the book Negotiation and Conflict Management by
Cover of the book English Education at the Tertiary Level in Asia by
Cover of the book Social Democratic Party Policies in Contemporary Europe by
Cover of the book Decentring Health Policy by
Cover of the book The Meaning of Illness by
Cover of the book Moving Through and Passing On by
Cover of the book Judaism in the New Testament by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy