Abstract
This chapter identifies some of the ways a Punjabi literary sphere was (mis)understood in the late-Victorian empire through the curation of a canon of Punjabi folk-culture by R.C. Temple (1850-1931), Flora Annie Steel (1847-1929) and C.F. Usborne (1874-1919), all of whom lived and worked in Punjab as an extension of colonial administration. Examples of a diverse and rich Punjabi literary cultures were translated into English under the banner of ‘folklore’ which delegitimised the diversity of prose and verse in Punjabi with origins in religious, spiritual and genres of the epic derived from Persian.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Interventions |
| Subtitle of host publication | Rethinking the Nineteenth Century |
| Editors | Andrew Smith, Anna Barton |
| Place of Publication | Manchester |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Chapter | 6 |
| Pages | 111-128 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781784995102 |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Jul 2017 |
Keywords
- colonial Punjab
- Punjabi folk culture
- Punjabi literary culture
