Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus
Title | Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus PDF eBook |
Author | Elaine Meyers |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 287 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Catholic schools |
ISBN | 9789813065888 |
The Holy Infant Jesus Manual
Title | The Holy Infant Jesus Manual PDF eBook |
Author | Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (Singapore) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 141 |
Release | 1888 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Site of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Singapore
Title | The Site of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Singapore PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Hudd |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Total Pages | 185 |
Release | 2016-06-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1498524125 |
The Site of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Singapore: Entwined Histories of a Colonial Convent and a Nation, 1854–2015 explores key issues and developments in colonial and postcolonial Singapore by examining one particular site in central Singapore: the former Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, established in 1854 and now a food and entertainment complex. The Convent was an early provider of social services and girls’ education—almost a mini-city within walls, including a thriving community of schools, an orphanage, and a women’s refuge. World War II and the Japanese occupation, followed by the creation of the new Republic of Singapore, presented a new set of challenges, but it was the convent’s size and prime location that made it attractive for urban redevelopment in the 1980s and led to government acquisition, demolition of some buildings, and the remainder put out to private tender. The chapel and the former nuns’ residence are classified as National Monuments but, in line with government policy of adaptive re-use of heritage sites, the complex now contains bars and restaurants, and the deconsecrated chapel is used for wedding receptions and events. Tracking the physical and usage changes of the site, this book works to make sense of that eventful journey, a paradoxical journey that moves only in time, not in space, and includes abandoned babies, French nuns, Japanese bombings, and twenty-first century dance parties. In a society that has undergone massive change economically and socially, and, above all, transitioned from a small colonial enterprise to a wealthy independent city-state, those physical changes and differing usages of the Convent site over the years track the changes in the nation. The wider ongoing tensions between heritage conservation and the modern global city are explored by examining what has been chosen for preservation, the quintessentially Singaporean hybridity of the commercial reuse of historic buildings, as well as the nostalgia for what has been lost.
Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, Bukit Nanas
Title | Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, Bukit Nanas PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Quill
Title | Quill PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Catholic schools |
ISBN |
Singapore
Title | Singapore PDF eBook |
Author | Gretchen Liu |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Total Pages | 415 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Singapore |
ISBN | 0700715843 |
This is the story of Singapore through the eyes of artists and photographers. Each image conveys a strong sense of place, and together they tell the story of a nation and the island they transformed from a fishing village to a global city state.
Official Opening, 1 August 1991 Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus-Katong Primary
Title | Official Opening, 1 August 1991 Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus-Katong Primary PDF eBook |
Author | CHIJ Katong Primary (Katong, Singapore) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 56 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Education, Elementary |
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