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Fifteen years ago, Koh Jee Leong left a promising career in Singapore’s Education Service in...

1927年是新加坡自制本土影片的一个起点。这年的3月4日，南洋刘贝锦自制影片公司所摄制的默片《新客》首映于新加坡维多利亚剧院，为新马电影史立下了重要的里程碑。来自麻的刘贝锦 (先驱画家刘抗的堂叔) 是位年轻的树胶植业家兼公益家，在上海考察了当时欣欣向荣的影片业后而受了启发，于新加坡创办了最早在南洋成立的影片制作公司之一，首部完成的长篇电影名为《新客》。影片讲述一位初到新柔的中国移民，寄居在富有的土生华人亲戚家里，体验当地华人的生活习俗，与他们接触与互动的际遇。 本书作者与研究团队杜汉彬等人结合了源自不同国家及各类型的史料， 图文并茂，以 《新客》影片为重点探讨近百年前新马华人的文化思想及身份认同，也借机重新检视东南亚早期的电影制片业概况。 In the bilingual (English/Chinese) book "Xin Ke: The Story...

Published by Landmark Books  One Fierce Hour is Alfian Sa’at’s first and breakout work. It was...

Published by Ethos Books “I have had nothing bad happen to me except my own...

Squatters into Citizens: The 1961 Bukit Ho Swee Fire and the Making of Modern Singapore...

For several decades, the city-state of Singapore has been an international anomaly, combining an advanced,...

BEHIND BARBED WIRE: CHINESE NEW VILLAGES DURING THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY, 1948-1960 Published by SIRD This...

Edited by  Kirsten Han  and Thum Ping Tjin  Published by New Naratif New Naratif is...

Completing The Singapore Story? : Memoirs of A.Mahdeva  Published by Word Image  Mahadeva, the founding...

Published by Ethos Books Unapologetic, unafraid and unyielding, Alfian’s second collection of verse delves in...