![]() ![]() Rani does not disrupt gender and sexual hierarchies and continues also to be represented as a socially conservative figure. ![]() Recalcitrant, monstrously masculine, and even anti-national? Although she was a warrior in the midst of violent battles, the History allows for a safe distance of representation when the same actions in India’s present might be demarcated seditious, ![]() ![]() This chapter seeks to question why, despite her bold stance as a rebel against theīritish, the Rani continues to symbolize, in mythological and historical modes, a politically conservative figure. Similarly,Įven as Queen Victoria ruled England at the time of the rebellion inġ857, Indian queens were rarely entitled to occupy a parallel position of authority in British policies. Yet widespread understanding of women’s roles in India continues to stem from, and is limited to, the domestic. For example, Indian mythology has numerous Goddess figures who are invoked in the realm of war, and Of a woman warrior to flesh out the myriad and conflicting, and yet often coterminous, narratives surrounding women in the My work looks at the historical and literary representations Song, poetry, novel, and film, and commemorated with postage stampsĪnd statues, the Rani (Hindi for Queen) of Jhansi is a contradictory figure in British history as both worthy foe and rapacious Known as the greatest heroine of Indian history, represented variously in folk Of all the Indian leaders,” the Queen of Jhansi, Rani Lakshmiīai, challenged the might of the British Empire in the Uprising of 1857Īnd died on the battlefield with her soldiers. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |