Chapter 7 'Our People' Telemovies, bangsa and nationalism 3.0 in Sabah, Malaysia: Hiroyuki Yamamoto

• Main Author: Yamamoto, Hiroyuki (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2012
• Subjects: Film, TV & radio; Film theory & criticism; Regional studies; Ethnic studies; Area Studies; Asian Studies; Asian Studies (General); Asian Culture & Society; South East Asian Studies; South East Asian Culture & Society; Politics & International Relations; Comparative Politics; Humanities; Media & Film Studies; Film Studies; Contemporary Cinema; World Cinema; Social Sciences; Sociology & Social Policy; Race & Ethnic Studies; Sociology of Culture
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Summary

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.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (18 p.)

ISBN

9780415626187

Access

Open Access