| ID | 177790 |
| Title Proper | Bombay Fever/Spanish FLU |
| Other Title Information | Public health and native press in Colonial Bombay, 1918–19 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Singh, Madhu |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In view of the topicality of pandemics, this brief article discusses the responses of the vernacular press in Bombay during 1918 following the influenza pandemic of that year. With occasional inputs from English language dailies, such as The Times of India and The Hindu of the period, the aim is to understand how, as the epidemic receded, the government’s response to the epidemic was questioned and the influenza epidemic was constructed as a part of anticolonial rhetoric by the ‘native press’, closely monitored by the British. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia Research Vol. 41, No.1; Feb 2021: p.35-52 |
| Journal Source | South Asia Research 2021-02 41, 1 |
| Key Words | Epidemics ; Bombay Fever ; Colonial Governmentality ; Influenza of 1918 ; Native Press |