Contemporary Arts as Political Practice in Singapore
This pivot examines the contemporary arts as political practice in Singapore. Singapore marked 50 years of Independence in 2015 and this timely collection on the topic of contemporary arts as political practice in Singapore offers critical insight into so
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Contemporary Arts as Political Practice in Singapore
Wernmei Yong Ade • Lim Lee Ching Editors
Contemporary Arts as Political Practice in Singapore
Editors Wernmei Yong Ade Nanyang Technological University School of EEE, NTU Singapore Singapore
Lim Lee Ching Sim University Singapore Singapore
ISBN 978-1-137-57628-6 ISBN 978-1-137-57344-5 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-57344-5
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CONTENTS
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Introduction Wernmei Yong Ade and Lim ChingLee
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Waxing on Wagers Jeremy Fernando
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Loo Zihan and the Body Confessional Louis Ho
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Kiasipolitics: Sagas, Scandals and Suicides in Johann S. Lee’s Peculiar Chris Jun Zubillaga-Pow
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The Mosaic Body: Interpreting Disability in Performance Stephen Fernandez
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Embodying Multiplicity on the Singapore Stage: Plays of Difference Charlene Rajendran
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Becoming Ellen Toh: The Politics of Visibility in Invitation to Treat: The Eleanor Wong Trilogy Wernmei Yong Ade
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“Neighbors”: A Tiong Bahru Series Jessie Morgan-Owens and James Owens
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The Substation at 25: On Institutional Memory and Forgetting Debbie Ding
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Charles Wee Hian Guan Simon and Bernadette Parvi, with Mark and Luke Song Monk Geok Pierre Vuillet and Clement Coralie Soon family Emma Yong and Jerry Lim Gabriel Victor Cabarello and Jose de la Cruz Chin Yen and Esther Chow
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CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Wernmei Yong Ade and Lim Lee Ching
Abstract This introdu
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