Elmo Gonzaga

Elmo Gonzaga is Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He obtained his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley specializing in the Visual and Spatial Cultures of Southeast Asia and the Global South. His book manuscript Monsoon Marketplace traces the entangled genealogies of capitalism, modernity, consumption, and spectatorship in representations of Manila and Singapore’s commercial and leisure spaces during the 1930s, 1960s, and 2000s. His research has been published in Cinema Journal, Cultural Studies, and the Journal of Asian Studies.