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Celluloid Singapore: Cinema, Performance and the National, Edna Lim (2018)
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Review of: Celluloid Singapore: Cinema, Performance and the National, Edna Lim (2018)Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 201 pp.,ISBN 978-1-47440-289-7, PDF, £70
Title: Celluloid Singapore: Cinema, Performance and the National, Edna Lim (2018)
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Review of: Celluloid Singapore: Cinema, Performance and the National, Edna Lim (2018)Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 201 pp.
,ISBN 978-1-47440-289-7, PDF, £70.
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