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Media, culture and society in Malaysia / edited by Yeoh Seng Guan

Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations, maps
Additional Creators
Yeoh, Seng Guan
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Introduction : representation, cultural mediation and power in Malaysia / Yeoh Seng Guan -- Consumers, citizens and copycat TV in Malaysia / Wang Lay Kim -- Packaging the PM : The art and ideology of political advertising / Mustafa K Anuar -- The Dayak festival as a media ritual of nation building / John Postill -- Civil society use of media and ICT : A case study of SOS Selangor Campaign / Sonia Randhawa and Gayathry Venkiteswaran -- Running cyburbia : Internet and local governance in Subang Jaya / John Postill -- Shame and the fourth wall : some thoughts on an anthropology of the cinema / Gordon Gray -- Through our own eyes : independent documentary film-making in Malaysia / Khoo Gaik Cheng -- Reclaiming history : The politics of memory and trauma in the films of Amir Muhammad / Benjamin McKay -- Facing the music : music subculture and "morality" in Malaysia / Azmyl Md Yusof -- Malaysiatropia : the art of Simryn Gill, Liew Kungyu and Wong Hoy Cheong / Ray Langenbach.
Summary
Presents a comprehensive analysis of the uses of media and communication technologies by different social actors in Malaysia. Drawing upon case studies - from films to political advertising - this book provides insights into the ways in which different media forms have negotiated with the dominant cultural representations of Malaysian society.
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9780203861653 (electronic bk.)
0203861655 (electronic bk.)
041555246X (cloth)
9780415552462 (cloth)
9780415552462 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1135169284
9781135169282
1282575929
9781282575929
9786612575921
6612575921
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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