The Singapore Mall Generation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liew, K. K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shopping.

Shopping malls.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

SG : Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Private Limited, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Yesterday's malls as today's heritage. This book unearths Singapore's latent histories, cultures and communities that grew within its now ageing modern shopping centres, envisioned in the 1960s futuristically as "Arcades in the Air". Contributors for this edited book highlight some of such unexpected narratives from the pioneering "Planned Shopping Centres". They include: malls as historical and photographical sites, as homes for pioneering arcade gamers, youths cultures and veteran rock musicians, and as platforms for artistic imaginations and exhibitions. As largely individually owned shops units within the buildings, the older malls have also fostered more diverse and autonomous communities and businesses. Amidst Singapore's constantly changing urban landscape, these otherwise dated shopping centres stand precariously as venerable sites of collective social and cultural memories. Includes essays from: Chua Beng Huat, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Darren Soh, Roy Kheang, Eunice Lim, Elena Yeo, Steve Ferzacca, Kar-men Cheng, Wee Li Lin The Editor Dr KK Liew is an independent researcher in the fields of Cultural Studies. For close to two decades, he has been actively engaged in researching and participating in activities relating to that of Singapore's social and cultural heritage. His public initiatives and publications range from that of otherwise forgotten cemeteries and railways to that of documentary and exhibition projects on popular music and youth subcultures. The Singapore Mall Generation is the latest part of his continuous journey in deepening Singapore's cultural heritage.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

Arcades in the Air: Journeying through Singapore's Planned Shopping Centres

Learning to be Shoppers: High Street in the 1960s

Singapore's Crown Jewel and the Shoes It Cannot Fill

Digital Pioneers: Shopping Centres and Video Arcade Games

Rewriting Singapore's Literary Shopping Malls

"Where Else Can We Go to Be Inspired, to Dream?"

INTER-MISSION: Sim Lim Square Art Residency

Seeking Acoustic Comfort in a Noisy Place in the Basement of the Excelsior Shopping Centre

Mall Kids, Mall Museum: Shopping Centres and Singapore's Contemporary Youth Culture Heritage

Shopping for Culture in a Single-Owner Society

About the editor and authors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Other Format:

Print version: Liew, K. K. The Singapore Mall Generation

ISBN:

9789815044584

OCLC:

1333081508