Celluloid Colony

Locating History and Ethnography in Early Dutch Colonial Films of Indonesia

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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How should colonial film archives be read? How can historians and ethnographers use colonial film as a complement to conventional written sources? Sandeep Ray uses the case of Dutch colonial film in Indonesia to show how a critically-, historically- and cinematically-informed reading of colonial film in the archive can be a powerful and unexpected source, and one more easily accessible today via digitisation.The language of film and the conventions and forms of non-fiction film were still in formation in the first two decades of the 20th century. Colonialism was one of the drivers of this development, as the picturing of the native "other" in film was seen as an important tool to build support for missionary and colonial efforts. While social histories of photography in non-European contexts have been an area of great interest in recent years; Celluloid Colony brings moving images into the same scope of study.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-04-30
Mått152 x 226 x 15 mm
Vikt362 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagNUS Press
ISBN9789813251380

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“[The book] is very organized, well researched, and has a strong thesis…. It should have a strong audience for those interested in Asian studies, colonial studies, early cinema, and may serve also serve as an essential book for researchers and scholars on how to incorporate visual texts (films) into the larger body of historical work, as well as what to look for, and how to write about, regarding these important celluloid films.”