Mirabai in public spheres
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4933953 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ritu Varghese (0000-0001-7124-6161, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author), Akshaya K Rath (0000-0001-5219-0318, Twitter (United States)) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 611-631 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612025.2023.2165775 |
| OpenAlex | W4319789974 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Stories, myths and legends travel across time and spaces, and constitute the very essence of a nation’s culture. The way certain popular narratives originate and circulate in public spheres—constantly challenging yet cohabitating with hegemonic forces of dominant cultures—is pivotal to understand why such narratives endure and how they evolve with the socio-political culture of an age. The case of the sixteenth-century bhakti poet-saint Mirabai along with the multiple narratives of her life and legend that currently circulate in public spheres is crucial to understand the discourse of bhakti that once emerged as a social movement but eventually took the form of a religio-political enterprise which assimilated the marginalised with the centre, and provided new meanings of cultural interactions. Bhakti as an epochal sensibility valorised cultural resistance and thrived upon the creative energies of poet-saints such as Mirabai. This paper explores the reception of Mirabai as an icon of resistance in Indian cultural landscape when she moves along the public domains of canonised popular memory. It also maps the transition in her portrayal in various narratives while situating her bhakti and bhajans within the cultural locus of public-private negotiations
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Hegemony · Legend · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Resistance (ecology · Sensibility · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · History · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philippine History and Culture
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |