Ah boys to men : Asian values, shared values and the dissemination of state-sanctioned paradigms
This paper examines the recent history of films centred on National Service (NS) in Singapore and explore manners in which state-sanctioned beliefs and values have embedded themselves within these cultural documents. I argue that in films centred on NS, the Singapore nation has continued to be imagi...
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| author | Chong, Lian Bing |
| author2 | Ngoei Wen-Qing |
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| description | This paper examines the recent history of films centred on National Service (NS) in Singapore and explore manners in which state-sanctioned beliefs and values have embedded themselves within these cultural documents. I argue that in films centred on NS, the Singapore nation has continued to be imagined in the mould of Asian values and communitarianism prevalent since the 1980s. By giving primacy to the analysis of the films which I have identified, I hope to illuminate the processes at play in the dissemination of paradigms and offer some insight on the narratives imbued in films which Singaporeans are exposed to regularly. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/736512019-12-10T12:32:13Z Ah boys to men : Asian values, shared values and the dissemination of state-sanctioned paradigms Chong, Lian Bing Ngoei Wen-Qing School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities This paper examines the recent history of films centred on National Service (NS) in Singapore and explore manners in which state-sanctioned beliefs and values have embedded themselves within these cultural documents. I argue that in films centred on NS, the Singapore nation has continued to be imagined in the mould of Asian values and communitarianism prevalent since the 1980s. By giving primacy to the analysis of the films which I have identified, I hope to illuminate the processes at play in the dissemination of paradigms and offer some insight on the narratives imbued in films which Singaporeans are exposed to regularly. Bachelor of Arts 2018-04-02T08:42:02Z 2018-04-02T08:42:02Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73651 en Nanyang Technological University 68 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Humanities Chong, Lian Bing Ah boys to men : Asian values, shared values and the dissemination of state-sanctioned paradigms |
| title | Ah boys to men : Asian values, shared values and the dissemination of state-sanctioned paradigms |
| title_full | Ah boys to men : Asian values, shared values and the dissemination of state-sanctioned paradigms |
| title_fullStr | Ah boys to men : Asian values, shared values and the dissemination of state-sanctioned paradigms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ah boys to men : Asian values, shared values and the dissemination of state-sanctioned paradigms |
| title_short | Ah boys to men : Asian values, shared values and the dissemination of state-sanctioned paradigms |
| title_sort | ah boys to men asian values shared values and the dissemination of state sanctioned paradigms |
| topic | DRNTU::Humanities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73651 |
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