Tawaifs , All India Radio, and the Gendered Politics of Nationalism
Retracing the Tawaifs Against the Emergence of the Twentieth-Century Radio Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21835283 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zakia Kalam (0009-0004-9722-5288, Twitter (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Radio & Audio Media (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-6529 • E-ISSN: 1937-6537 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19376529.2024.2420941 |
| OpenAlex | W4404012384 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
This article attempts to historicize the experiences of the Indian courtesans, called the tawaifs, as radio performers against the gendered politics of nationalism, and the consequent subjectification of their music, the problematic positioning of their body and their voice within the emergent radio culture of the twentieth century, from the 1930s to the 1950s. The article problematizes the socio-cultural locale of women performers like the tawaifs within the gender hierarchy integral to nationalist narratives and probes into the centrality of the woman’s body and her sexuality to the discourses of respectability with which the AIR chose to regulate its policies
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| Highly cited | No |
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