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The British Official Film in South-East Asia: Malaya/Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong
Ian Aitken
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Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FM; 1FPCH; 3JJP; GTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 2. Weight in Grams: 452.
This book explores the ways in which the British official film was used in Malaya/Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong from 1945 to the 1970s. Aitken uncovers how the British official film, and British official information agencies, adapted to the epochal contexts of the Cold War and end of empire. In addition to an extensive introduction, which touches on a number of critical issues related to the post-war British official film, the book provides an account of how the tradition of film-making associated with the British documentary film movement spread into the region during the post-war period, and how that tradition ... Read more
This book explores the ways in which the British official film was used in Malaya/Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong from 1945 to the 1970s. Aitken uncovers how the British official film, and British official information agencies, adapted to the epochal contexts of the Cold War and end of empire. In addition to an extensive introduction, which touches on a number of critical issues related to the post-war British official film, the book provides an account of how the tradition of film-making associated with the British documentary film movement spread into the region during the post-war period, and how that tradition ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
451g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137493439
SKU
V9781137493439
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99-15
About Ian Aitken
Ian Aitken is Professor of Film Studies at the School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University. His most recent book publications include Hong Kong Documentary Film (2014), Lukacsian Film Theory and Cinema: An Analysis of Georg Lukacs' Writings on Film 1913-1971 (2012), and the Routledge Concise Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film, (ed.) (2012).
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