Cultural Interpretation and Social Intervention Lim, David C. L. edt Lim, David C. L. oth Yamamoto, Hiroyuki edt Yamamoto, Hiroyuki oth text xx Taylor & Francis 2012 monographic eng 1 online resource (226 p.) This book discusses contemporary film in all the main countries of Southeast Asia, and the social practices and ideologies which films either represent or oppose. It shows how film acquires signification through cultural interpretation, and how film also serves as a site of contestations between social and political agents seeking to promote, challenge, or erase certain meanings, messages or ideas from public circulation. A unique feature of the book is that it focuses as much on films as it does on the societies from which these films emerge: it considers the reasons for film-makers taking the positions they take; the positions and counter-positions taken; the response of different communities; and the extent to which these interventions are connected to global flows of culture and capital. Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Films, cinema Television Film Southeast Asia https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36363 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36363 Free-to-read All rights reserved oapen 210210 20260305123946.0 doab36363