42 | Vernacular Literary Magazines and the Shaping of Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia
Focusing on vernacular literary magazines in colonial and postcolonial South Asia, this panel aims to assess both their impact on modern vernacular literature, their relevance as historical sources and their role in the cultural, social and political construction of modern South Asia.
Convenors:
· Eve Tignol Université De Provence (Aix en Provence, France)
Timeslots:
· 07/28 | 15:30-17:00 UTC+2/CEST
· 07/28 | 17:30-19:00 UTC+2/CEST
Long Abstract
The emergence of mass print culture in vernacular languages from the second half of the 19th c. in South Asia has frequently been pointed out as a crucial element in the history of globalization, colonialism, and the creation of modern identities. Periodicals provided a major platform for public debate and were usually welcomed with enthusiasm, enjoying a wide diffusion and reaching rural space. Increasingly, scholars have emphasized the importance of such a fragile material to understand the shaping of modern South Asia. This panel focuses on literary magazines in vernacular languages from both the colonial and postcolonial periods. Besides highlighting their significance for the development of modern literary genres, canons and for the standardisation of vernacular languages, our objective is to discuss further their historical and political role in the construction of national and community identities. How have literary magazines operated, what was their influence in the larger public sphere (for example for the diffusion of ideologies) and their role in the shaping of national, regional or religious identities? How have they impacted evolving conceptions of the political, the social, or gender? What sort of new interactions and milieus have they fostered through their weekly or monthly issues? Through such reflections, we set out to investigate how editors, columnists and writers have viewed and infused their literary contributions and conversations with meaning and purpose; and how literary magazines played an active role in the making of history. We invite contributions of scholars working with vernacular literary material in a historical perspective.
Presentations
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07/27 | 15:30-15:50 UTC+2/CEST
Narratives of Dissent: Exploring Communitarian Identity in Post-Partition Bengali Dalit Magazines (Kanad Giri) -
07/27 | 15:50-16:10 UTC+2/CEST
Wit, Wisdom and Music in Print: An Urdu Magazine on the Performing Arts in Colonial India (Gianni Sievers) -
07/27 | 16:10-16:30 UTC+2/CEST
Standartisation or Vernacularisation? Parsi Newspapers and Journals in the 19th Century (Anton Zykov-Genke) -
07/27 | 16:30-16:50 UTC+2/CEST
From the Age of Dharmyug to the Age of Dharmvir Bharti (Aakriti Mandhwani) -
07/28 | 15:30-15:50 UTC+2/CEST
Offering Lessons in Cosmopolitanism in a Provincial City: The Case of Adib (1909–1913) (Sanjukta Poddar) -
07/28 | 15:50-16:10 UTC+2/CEST
Being Tamil, Being International : Literary Modernism, The Eḻuttu way. (Léticia Ibanez) -
07/28 | 16:10-16:30 UTC+2/CEST
Literary Journal as a Means to Break Out of Cultural Myopia (Ajmal Kamal) -
07/28 | 17:30-17:50 UTC+2/CEST
Journals and Magazines in the Formation of the Modern Punjabi Literary Imaginary (Anne Murphy) -
07/28 | 17:50-18:10 UTC+2/CEST
The Journal 'Panjābī' and the Pakistanization of Punjabi Language and Literature (1951-1960). (Julien Régis Columeau) -
07/28 | 18:10-18:30 UTC+2/CEST
Mathrubhumi Weekly and the Formation of the Malayali Identity (Arun Remesh) -
07/28 | 18:30-18:50 UTC+2/CEST
Monthly Newspaper From Ladakh and Kyelang (Early20th C) (Rigzin Chodon)