From courts, studios to bazaars: A visual history of the Tawa’if in colonial North India, late 18th to early 20th centuries
Mon 24 November 2014
S2 seminar room
This seminar will attempt to look at the pictorial trajectory of the tawa’if over a century and a half and across paintings, photographs and even matchbox labels produced and distributed in colonial Awadh and Delhi. (Ayesha Matthan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi)
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
Booking is recommended for this event.
Enquiries: Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes Website Email: amm230@cam.ac.uk
Timing
Venue
Address: | S2 seminar room Alison Richard Building 7 West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DT |