Revival Cinema: ‘Other’ Singaporeans in (An)other Singapore
Revival Cinema: ‘Other’ Singaporeans in (An)other Singapore
This chapter argues that films of the revival engage the national through a relational force of counter-performative strategies present in the narrative, film style, use of language such as Singlish, depictions of spaces like the Housing Development Board’s heartland, and the prevalence of heartlanders as ‘other’ Singaporeans left out of the state’s performance of success. Together, these films not only produce different Singapores. They perform (an) other Singapore.
Keywords: National, Revival, Singapore, Singaporeans, Singlish, Success, Heartland, Heartlanders, Housing Development Board (HDB), Other
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