Format:
1 Online-Ressource (344 p)
ISBN:
9789812300751
,
9812300740
,
9812300759
Content:
House of glass : culture, modernity, and the state in Southeast Asia -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Desperately guarding borders: media globalization, “cultural imperialism” and the rise of “Asia” -- 2. Modernity and Mahathir’s rage: theorizing state discourse of mass media in Southeast Asia -- 3. Representing state desire and the sins of transgression -- 4. McNationalism in Singapore -- 5. National identity, diasporic anxiety, and music video culture in Vietnam -- 6. The post-modernization of Thainess -- 7. Cultural claims on the new world order: Malaysia as a voice for the Third World? -- 8. (De)constructing the New Order: capitalism and the cultural contours of the patrimonial state in Indonesia -- 9. The state and information in modern Southeast Asian history -- 10. Representing the Singapore modern: Dick Lee, pop music, and the “New” Asia -- 11. Pictures at an exhibition: re-presenting the sugar industry at the Negros Museum, Philippines -- 12. Stars in the shadows: celebrity, media, and the state in Vietnam -- 13. On the expressway, and under it: representations of the middle class, the poor, and democracy in Thailand -- Index.
Content:
Drawing on critical theory and post-modernism, this book argues for a new strategy for writing about the social and cultural experiences of living in modern Southeast Asian states
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
URL:
http://erf.sbb.spk-berlin.de/han/iglibrary/portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/ISEASB0000001.html
