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Imagining Singapore : Pictorial Photography from the 1950s to The 1970s / Charmaine Toh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Toh, Charmaine, 1977- author.
- Series:
- Photography in Asia ; v. 2.
- Photography in Asia ; volume 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Photography--Social aspects--Singapore--History--20th century.
- Photography.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Photography of city and town life.
- Singapore--History--20th century.
- Singapore.
- Singapore--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 186 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Brill, 2023.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- What is Pictorial Photography?
- The State of the Field
- Dealing with Photographs
- Chapter Overview
- 2. Pictorialism and modernity
- Modern, Modernity and Modernism
- Photography Before the War
- The Singapore Art Society Exhibitions
- An Open Attitude
- Photography and Democracy
- A Pursuit of Beauty
- Conclusion
- 3 Originality and copying
- Originality and Authorship
- Copying and Competition in the Salons
- Distinctions and Awards
- Beyond the Salon
- Pedagogy and Discipline
- Collaboration and Dialogue
- 4. Nationalism and internationalism
- Construction of Nation and Identity
- Pictorial Photography, Cosmopolitanism and Contemporaneity
- Loke Wan Tho and Singapore Pictorialism's International Connections
- Overseas Success
- Photography and Nation-building
- Thematic Exhibitions
- A Singapore School
- 5. History and imagination
- Imagining History
- A Control of Vision
- Constructing Landscapes
- Reclaiming the Past
- Building the Future
- Fractured Landscapes
- 6. Conclusion
- Nanyang Photographers?
- Male and Chinese
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Articles, Books, Catalogues
- Oral History Interviews at the National Archives of Singapore
- Speeches at the National Archives of Singapore
- Other Archives.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Toh, Charmaine Imagining Singapore
- ISBN:
- 9004538631
- 9789004538634
- Publisher Number:
- 40031709726
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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