The Observant Owl
Sensory Worlds of Colonial Calcutta in Hutom’s Vignettes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11015707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Priyanka Basu (0000-0002-2160-6568, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 948-965 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Asia Journal of South Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0085-6401 • E-ISSN: 1479-0270 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00856401.2021.1966170 |
| OpenAlex | W3196412501 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The proliferation of print in mid nineteenth century Bengal witnessed several self-reflexive exercises in writing that tried to capture the incongruence between the colonial administration and indigenous everyday lives. Hutom Pyanchar Naksha (or The Observant Owl) written by Kaliprasanna Sinha (1862) is possibly the closest representation in print of such incongruities. This article focuses on the text of Hutom in relation to visual representations and reports by the colonial administration in contemporary English newspapers like The Hindoo Patriot, The Bengal Harkaru and others. In doing so, it will highlight the sensory world of colonial Calcutta that is so vividly captured in Hutom
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · BENGAL · Colonialism · Indigenous · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Reflexivity · Relation (database · Representation (politics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Computer Science · History · Law · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · South Asian Cinema and Culture
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |