| Type of Material: | Thesis |
| Title: | Begum hazrat mahal power politics and representation in the revolt of 1857 |
| Researcher: | Tanya Burman |
| Guide: | Shailaja Menon |
| Department: | Programme of History |
| Publisher: | Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur |
| Place: | Guntur |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Revolt of 1857 | History | Social Sciences |
| Dissertation/Thesis Note: | PhD; Programme of History, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Guntur; 2024 |
| Fulltext: | Shodhganga |
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| 245 | __ | |aBegum hazrat mahal power politics and representation in the revolt of 1857 |
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| 502 | __ | |d2024|bPhD|cProgramme of History, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Guntur |
| 518 | __ | |d2024|oDate of Award |
| 518 | __ | |oDate of Registration|d2019 |
| 518 | __ | |oDate of Completion|d2024 |
| 520 | __ | |aContemporary representation of Begum Hazrat Mahal, known for her participation in the Revolt of 1857, continues to be influenced by colonial and nationalist discourses which determined women s credibility in history through their sexual chastity and morality alone. Such an approach presents a sanitized imagery of rebel women as loyal wives and selfless mothers, taking up arms and sacrificing their lives for the cause of their husband and/or son. The thesis argues that this imagery not only ignores and erases several complexities and intersections of women s lives but also limits our exploration of the particularities of their interactions with structures of power. Through an enquiry into Hazrat Mahal s status and position before the revolt, her politics and representation during the revolt, and the continuity of these assertions in what is otherwise understood as her tragic life after the revolt, the research seeks to disrupt this universalized domesticated imagery of female freedom fighters. It presents a |
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