2018/06/01 by Nadi Tofighian · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Asian Studies and History #Philippine History and Culture #Socioeconomic Development in Asia
paper · doi:10.1017/s002246341800022x
crossref issued 2018/06/01 · crossref published 2018/06/01 · crossref published-print 2018/06/01 · openalex publication_date 2018/06/01 · crossref published-online 2018/06/11 · crossref created 2018/06/11 · crossref deposited 2025/07/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref indexed 2026/07/28 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This article assesses the interconnected nature of Southeast Asia around 1900, the transnational entertainment scene in Southeast Asia, and the role of Singapore as a hub for commerce, shipping, and entertainment. The global and regional development of transportation and communications technology and networks facilitated the movement of people, goods, ideas, and amusement forms. The article is based primarily on archival research from colonial newspapers in the region. It surveys and maps more than one hundred itinerant entertainment companies that travelled throughout Southeast Asia around the turn of the century, thereby creating and visualising a circuit of entertainment.