{"id":1079,"date":"2021-02-26T16:31:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T21:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2021-02-26T17:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T22:00:06","slug":"schofield-katherine-narrator-the-courtesan-and-the-memsahib-khanum-jan-meets-sophia-plowden-at-the-18c-court-of-lucknow-histories-of-the-ephemeral-season-1-episode-1-1-june-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=1079","title":{"rendered":"Schofield, Katherine, narrator. \u201cThe Courtesan and the Memsahib: Khanum Jan Meets Sophia Plowden at the 18C Court of Lucknow.\u201d Histories of the Ephemeral, season 1, episode 1, 1 June 2018, www.listennotes. com\/podcasts\/histories-of-the\/the-courtesan-and-the-vgSefIpYJCA\/. Accessed February 12, 2021."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Summary: This episode explores the musical history of Khanum Jan. Khanum Jan was a celebrity courtesan in the cantonment of Kanpur and the court of Asafuddaula of Lucknow in 1780s North India. Famed then for her virtuosic singing, dancing, and speaking eyes, Khanum became famous again in the twentieth century because of her close musical interactions with a remarkable Englishwoman, Sophia Plowden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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