Singapore, 1965-: Independence & Nation-Building 
Culture & the Arts

Birch, David . Film and cinema in Singapore: cultural policy as control. IN Moran, Albert, ed. Film policy: international, national, and regional perspectives. New York: Routledge, 1996. Pp. 185-211. [PN1993.5 Fil]

Chen, Andy  & Mosman Ismahil , eds. No finer time to be alive?: voices of Singapore's English music. Singapore: Simpleman Book, 1996. 211p. [ML345.12 No]

Chua, Henry . “Call it Shanty!”: the story of the Quests. Singapore: Options Publications, 2001. 185p. The story of one of the greatest pop bands of the sixties. [ML421 Que.Ch]

Hanna, Willard A.  Culture, yellow culture, counterculture and polyculture in culture-poor Singapore. New York: American Universities Field Staff, 1973. 13p. [HN770.2 Han]

Ho, Carrie Chwee Luan . Politics and the arts: a case study of governmental responses to the theatre scene in Singapore. 73p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 2000. [JA36 *2000 5]

Ho, Wai Chee . Sub-culture of rock music in Singapore. Singapore: University of Singapore, 1979. 98p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Singapore, 1979. [HM15 *1979 7]

Holden, Philip . On the nation’s margins: the social place of literature in Singapore. Sojourn, 15(1):30-51, Apr. 2000. [HN763.5 SSA]

Koh, Siong Ling , ed. Arts, cultural & media scenes in Singapore. Singapore: Ministry of Information & the Arts, 1998. 122p. [NX577.2 Art]

Koh, Siong Ling , et al., eds. inform.entertain.educate@sg: arts & media in Singapore. 2nd ed. Singapore: Research & Planning Division, Ministry of Information & the Arts, 2000. 225p. First ed. published under the title: Arts, cultural & media scenes in Singapore. [NX577.2 Art]

Koh, Tai Ann. Culture and the arts. IN Sandhu, K. S. & Wheatley, Paul. Management of success: the moulding of modern Singapore. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1989. Pp. 710-741. [DS599.63 Man]

Koh, Tai Ann. Literature, the beloved of language. IN James, Joyce E. The language-culture connection. Singapore: SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, 1996. Pp. 17-33. Discusses the link between language policy, language learning and the teaching of literature in English in Singapore. [PE1068 Asi.Rea 37]

Koh, Tai Ann . The Singapore experience: cultural development in the global village. Southeast Asian Affairs: 292-307, 1980. [DS501 SAA]

Kong, Lily . Music and cultural politics: ideology and resistance in Singapore. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 20(4):447-459, 1995. [G7 IBG]

Kong, Lily . Popular music and a 'sense of place' in Singapore. Crossroads, 9(2):51-77, 1995. [DS501 JSA]

Krishnan, Sanjay , ed. 9 lives: 10 years of Singapore theatre, 1987-1997: essays commissioned by the Necessary Stage. Singapore: Necessary Stage, [1997]. 284p. [PN2960.12 Nin]

Krishnan, Sanjay , et al., eds. Looking at culture. Singapore: Artres Design and Communications, 1996. 182p. A collection of articles on contemporary arts and culture in Singapore scheduled to be published in the 1994 issue of Commentary, the National University of Singapore Society journal, but was controversially aborted. [N72 Soc]

Kwok, Kian Woon ; Mahizhnan, Arun  & Sasitharan T. , eds. Selves: the state of the arts in Singapore. Singapore: National Arts Council, 2002. 267p. [NX577.2 Sel]

Lee, Tong Soon . Performing Chinese street opera and constructing national culture in Singapore. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1999. 299p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Pittsburgh, 1998. [ML330*UMI 17]

Lee, Wai Kin . Realising the renaissance city?: a study of arts spaces in Singapore. 109p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Geography, National University of Singapore, 2000. [G58 *2000 13]

Lent, John A.  The Asian film industry. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1990. 309p. Has a chapter entitled “Malaysia and Singapore: the Asian film industry” (pp. 185-200). [PN5360 Len]

Liaw, Yock Fang . Malay language and literature in Singapore. IN Kapur, Basant K., ed. Singapore studies: critical surveys of the humanities and social sciences. Singapore: Singapore University Press for Centre of Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore, 1986. Pp. 323-336. [DS599.2 Sis]

Lim, Catherine . English for technology - yes! English for culture - no!: cultural literacy in Singapore. IN Myers, D., ed. The politics of multiculturalism in the Asia/Pacific. Darwin, NT: Northern Territory University Press, 1995. Pp. 49-56. [P119.32 Asi.P]

Lockard, Craig A.  Dance of life: popular music and politics in Southeast Asia. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. 390p. Explores the connections between popular music genres and politics in Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis on Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Has a chapter entitled “Malaysia and Singapore: pluralism and popular music” (pp.207-261). [ML3502 Sou.Loc]

Mahizhnan, Arun, ed. Heritage and contemporary values. Singapore: Times Academic Press for the Institute of Policy Studies, 1993. Pp. 44-51. [[HN770.2 Her]

Mok, Wei Wei. In search of a visual identity: local art expressions and their value systems. IN Mahizhnan, Arun, ed. Heritage and contemporary values. Singapore: Times Academic Press for the Institute of Policy Studies, 1993. Pp. 44-51. [[HN770.2 Her]

Nathan, J. M.  The culture industry and the future of the arts in Singapore. Southeast Asian Affairs: 291-308, 1999. [DS501 SAA]

Ng, Siew Eng , ed. Touches: 10 years of the Singapore Dance Theatre. Singapore: Singapore Dance Theatre, 1998. 44p. [GV1703.12 Tou]

Ooi, Can-Seng . Dialogic heritage: time, space and visions of the National Museum of Singapore. IN Teo, Peggy; Chang, T. C. & Ho K. C., eds.Interconnected worlds : tourism in Southeast Asia Oxford, UK: Pergamon, 2001. Pp. 176-192. [G155 *Sou.In]

Ooi. Giok Ling  & Chow, Kit Boey . The economics of the arts. IN Koh, Siong Ling, et al., eds. inform.entertain.educate@sg: arts & media in Singapore. 2nd ed. Singapore: Research & Planning Division, Ministry of Information & the Arts, 2000. Pp. 176-186. [NX577.2 Art]

Oon, Clarissa . Shifting gears. Straits Times. Life!: 4-5, July 17 2000. A feature on The Substation. [Microfilm]

Oon, Clarissa . Theatre life!: a history of English-language theatre in Singapore through the Straits Times (1958-2000). Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings, 2001. 176p. [PN2960.12 Oon]

Pereira, Joseph C.  Legends of the Golden Venus. Singapore: Times Editions, 1999. 127p. A collection of interviews, commentaries and photographs illuminating the history of Singapore’s pioneering rock ‘n’ roll and R&B bands of 1960s. [ML345.12 Per]

Perris, Arnold . Chinese wayang: the survival of Chinese opera in the streets of Singapore. Ethnomusicology, 22(2):297-306 1978 [ML1 E]

Peterson, William . Theater and the politics of culture in contemporary Singapore. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2001. xi, 287p. [PN2960.12 Pet]

Phua, Siew Chye  & Kong, Lily . Ideology, social commentary and resistance in popular music: a case study in Singapore. Journal of Popular Culture, 30(1):215-31, 1996. [AP2 JPC]

Savage, Victor R.  Renaissance city: crossing boundaries for the arts. IN Koh, Siong Ling, et al., eds. inform.entertain.educate@sg: arts & media in Singapore. 2nd ed. Singapore: Research & Planning Division, Ministry of Information & the Arts, 2000. Pp. 10-33. [NX577.2 Art]

Singapore. Advisory Council on Culture and the Arts . Report of the Advisory Council on Culture and the Arts. Singapore: The Council, 1989. 50p. Ong Teng Cheong, chairman. [NX577.2 Sac]

Singapore. Committee on Literary Arts . Report of the Committee on Literary Arts. Singapore: The Committee, 1988. 83p. Edwin Thumboo, chairman. [PL5145 Sil]

Singapore. Committee to Upgrade LaSalle and NAFA.  Creative Singapore: a renaissance in the knowledge age: report of the Committee to Upgrade LaSalle & NAFA. Singapore: The Committee, 1998. 39p. [LG399 LSC*Si]

Singapore. Committee on Visual Arts . Committee on Visual Arts (Advisory Council on Culture & the Arts) report, November 1988. Singapore: The Committee, 1988. 77 leaves. Yeo Seng Teck, chairman. [N8846.12 Siv]

Singapore. Ministry of Information and the Arts . Renaissance city report: culture and the arts in renaissance Singapore. Singapore: Ministry of Information and the Arts, 2000. 59p. [NX577.2 Sin]

Singapore: global city for the arts. Singapore: Tourist Promotion Board & Ministry of Information & the Arts, 1995. 58p. [N7330.12 Sip]

Sulaiman Jeem  & Abdul Ghani Hamid . Mengenang Pak Zubir. Singapura: Pustaka Melayu, 1988. 188 p. [DS599.51 Zs.Sj]

Tan, Sandi . Singapore. IN Lacaba, Jose F., ed. The films of ASEAN. Quezon City: ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information, 2000. Pp. 131-161. [PN1993.5 *Ase.Fi]

Tay, Kheng Soon , et al. Pessimism and optimism: artistic practice in Singapore. Commentary, 11(1):51-66, 1993. A panel discussion held on 8 May  1993. [DS599.1 C]

Tham, Seong Chee . Cultural forces and counter forces in contemporary Singapore. IN Thumboo, Edwin, ed. Cultures in ASEAN and the 21st century. Singapore: UniPress for ASEAN-COCI , 1996. Pp. 189-205. [DS521.24 Cul]

Tong, Chee Kiong  & Pakir, Anne . The making of national culture in Singapore. IN Thumboo, Edwin, ed. Cultures in ASEAN and the 21st century. Singapore: UniPress for ASEAN-COCI , 1996. Pp. 174-188. [DS521.24 Cul]

Wee, C. J. W.-L.  Staging the new Asia: Singapore’s Dick Lee, pop music, and a counter-modernity. Public Culture, 8(3):489-511, Spring 1996. [NX180 PC]

Wells, Alan  & Lee, Chun Wah . Music culture in Singapore: record companies, retailers and performers. In Lent, John A., ed. Asian popular culture. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995. Pp. 29-42. [DS12 Asi]

Wong, Audrey . Considering the “Singapore film”. The Arts, 7:12-15, 1999. Examines the works of Eric Khoo. [LG399 Nus.TA]

Wong, Kokkeong . Media and culture in Singapore: a theory of controlled commodification. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2001. x, 159p. [P95.8212 Won]

Wong, Kokkeong . Political economy of media and culture in peripheral Singapore: a theory of controlled commodification. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1991. 310p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Massachusetts, 1991. [HE131*UMI 6]

Wong, Yoon Wah . The study of Singapore Chinese literature. IN Kapur, Basant K., ed. Singapore studies: critical surveys of the humanities and social sciences. Singapore: Singapore University Press for Centre of Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore, 1986. Pp. 303-322. [DS599.2 Sis]

Yeo, Robert . The arts in Singapore: the last ten years and beyond. IN Ng, Charles & Menon, T. P. B., eds. Singapore: a decade of independence. Singapore: Alumni International Singapore, 1975. Pp. 47-67. [DS599.7 Ng]

Zubir Said: his songs. Singapore: Published for Singapore Cultural Foundation by Times Books International, 1990. 120p. [ML410 Zub.Z]