Noel Barber’s Tanamera plots the story of Singapore during World War II as an adventure and interracial romance. Published in 1981, Tanamera enjoyed immense popularity along with other colonial romances that circulated at the time. This article explores readers’ continuing fascination with the genre of colonial romance. Read in light of the postcolonial theory, the study turns to the way the reading public outside academia responds to the colonial imaginary and the extent to which it shapes the collective memory of the empire. The article focuses on Tanamera as a case study for its representations of history and memory of colonialism.

诺埃尔·巴伯（Noel Barber）的《塔纳玛拉（Tanamera）》将第二次世界大战期间新加坡的故事描绘成一种冒险和异族恋情。塔纳玛拉（Tanamera）于1981年出版，在当时流传的其他殖民浪漫史中获得了极大的欢迎。本文探讨了读者对殖民浪漫史的持续迷恋。根据后殖民理论进行的研究，该研究转向学术界以外的公众阅读者对殖民想象的反应以及在何种程度上塑造了帝国的集体记忆。本文将Tanamera当作案例研究，以其对殖民主义的历史和记忆的表述。