Fictive constructions in visual space: counter-mapping colonial Singapore from 1860-1910

• Main Author: Wong, Lydia Wei Ling
• Other Authors: -
• Format: Thesis-Master by Coursework
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Visual arts and music::Art museums and galleries
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/157093
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Mainstream written narratives of Singapore from the early 20th century, such as One Hundred Years of Singapore (1921) and An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore (1902), created a heavily fictionalized historical record steeped in myths, legends, and fantasies. Such fictional constructions...