Vernacular Punches
Cartoons and Politics in Colonial India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2155992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ritu Gairola Khanduri (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 459-486 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-7206 • E-ISSN: 1477-2612 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02757200903278643 |
| OpenAlex | W1988159988 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 31 |
Why has the story of the vernacular cartoon‐based newspapers in colonial India, which were versions of the British Punch, remained obscure? Specifically, what does the story of the Urdu Punch and Hindi Punch among other vernacular Punches tell us about colonial politics? Approaching memory and history as forms of knowledge, this article draws upon archival research to construct an alternate history of Punch and the vernacular Punches in colonial India. By focusing on two plots—the fate in India of the British humour magazine Punch and a debate around humour in vernacular cartoons—this paper brings attention to the cartoon as a space for rethinking the history of Punch and the narrative of mimicry and modernity. I argue that memory of cultural practices, such as cartooning, can be hegemonic and tactical
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Literature · Modernity · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Vernacular · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Race, History, and American Society · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
Caricaturing Colonial Space
Zo superman of the hills
Britain in the Melbourne Punch
Corona-Jihad Memes
Punch versus Punch
G andhi and the Satyagraha of Newspaper Cartoons
White But Not Quite
Vernacular journalism
The Place of Comics in the Modern Hindu Imagination
Specters of Indigeneity in British-Indian Migration, 1914
Propaganda and empire
In Another Country
Sweetness and power
Silencing the Past
Critical Events
Castes of Mind
Tropics of Discourse
Photography’s Other Histories
The Practice of Everyday Life
Race and the Education of Desire
Tangled Memories
Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World
Discourse/Counter-Discourse
Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women
Outside the Fold
Imagined communities
History's Forgotten Doubles
Presidential Address
The New Woman Commits Suicide
The Narrated Self
India's Newspaper Revolution
Critical Events
Three Women's Texts and a Critique of Imperialism
The Turkish Oedipus
Castings for the Colonial
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |