Nautch, Thuggee and Criminality in Nineteenth-Century Colonial India

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11447246
AutoresNibedita Kuiry (0000-0001-9188-2501, Government Kaktiya PG College, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, India and IIT Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, autor correspondente), Akshaya K Rath (0000-0001-5219-0318, Government Kaktiya PG College, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, India and IIT Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India)
Ano2023
Volume43
Fascículo1
Páginas115-128
Data de publicação2023-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSouth Asia Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0262-7280 • E-ISSN: 1741-3141
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/02627280221141710
OpenAlexW4313677411
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas19

Nineteenth-century colonial India witnessed the much-hyped anti-thuggee campaign, instrumental in creating an elaborate archive of frequent commentaries, opinions on banditry, prisoners and their trials, approvers’ accounts, administrative studies as well as fictional narratives. Re-reading such archival sources, this article explores how nautch, a hybrid form of dance, once glorified and later criminalised by the colonial powers, became a point of intersection between the Europeans in India and local thugs, who often benefitted from such dancers. The article shows the precarious position of the nautch performers as instrumental in collaborating with the colonial rulers and the outlawed thugs for controlling perceived ‘crime’ in the Indian subcontinent, while ending up as victims, too

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Dance · Indian subcontinent · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Reading (process · Sociology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies · History · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society