MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
VSA4750
Indonesian and Southeast Asian film and television
D Hanan
10 points + 5 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites:
Visual arts major with emphasis on film and television, or students of Asian
studies
Synopsis A study of Indonesian cinema since the coming of independence
in 1950, examining the Indonesian cinema both as an industry and as site of
expression for popular culture and for Indonesian artists, in the context of a
changing political climate and intense government regulation. There will also
be some discussion of news programs on Indonesian television and of the
presently expanding commercial television industry in Indonesia, and some
discussion of film and television in some other Southeast Asian countries.
Assessment One short essay or class paper (2500 words): 33% + Long essay
(4000 words): 53% + Visual test (1 hour): 14%
Preliminary reading
- Legge J D Indonesia Prentice-Hall
Recommended texts
- Hanan D (ed) Course reader for `Indonesian and Southeast Asian film and
television' Dept Visual Arts, Monash U, 1993
- Hooker V (ed.) Culture and society in new order Indonesia, 1965-1990
OUP, 1993
- Said S Shadows on the silver screen: A social history of Indonesian
film Lontar Press, 1991
- Sen K (ed.) Histories and stories: Cinema in new order Indonesia
Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Monash U, 1988
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