Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Traditions in World Cinema x
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 2. Merdeka!: Merger, Separation and a Transnational Golden Age 21
8. 3. Influence, Hybridity and How the Past is a Foreign Country 43
9. 4. Nation-building, a Nun and a Bionic Boy 69
10. 5. Not so Foreign: the Case of Saint Jack 92
11. 6. One People, One Nation, One Singapore 119
12. 7. Revival Cinema: ‘Other’ Singaporeans in (An)other Singapore 139
13. 8. Singapore Cinema in Singapore 165
14. Works Cited 186
15. Index 196