ChineseLanguage Cultural Production In Singapore

AY2022/2023 Semester 2

This course introduces and examines the beginnings and development of Chinese-language cultural production in Singapore. You will investigate and evaluate how different kinds of Chinese-language cultural production (e.g. publishing, theatre, cinema, arts festivals, traditional operas, dialect cultural institutions, etc.) took root and developed in the specific sociopolitical and sociocultural context of Singapore. You will also explore some of the problems that arose in the process.