A Study Of Sinophone Culture In Singapore Malaysia

1. Explaining the concept of Sinophone as well as examining the ideology of 'Imperialism,' 'Colonialism,' 'Nationalism,' 'Cultural China,' and 'Chinese diaspora'. 2. Looking deeply at the five dimensions of Sinophone culture - language identity, cultural identity, class identity, national identity and gender identity. 3. Bringing together local Singaporean and Malaysian Sinophone audiovisual texts, such as Chinese/dialect films, songs, and literature as well as using historical materials such as old Chinese newspapers and periodicals in Singapore and Malaya as a reference to rethink the Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese identity