The nautee in 'the second city of the Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8960941 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rimli Bhattacharya (University of Delhi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191-235 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Indian Economic & Social History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-4646 • E-ISSN: 0973-0893 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001946460304000203 |
| OpenAlex | W2057565517 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In this article I shall be bringing together several otherwise disparate histories of nineteenth- century Bengal: of migrant women turning to some form of prostitution; of traditions of women performers active in Calcutta from the eighteenth century; and finally , that of representation and female impersonation among the upper-class practitioners of private theatricals (1830s-60s). With the induction of women as actresses in 1873, there appears to be a point of no return in men playing the women's parts on the Bengali public stage. I suggest that this should not be read as a sudden break, but rather as a 'resolution' of contradictions, dilemmas and anxieties evident in the histories outlined above. A useful but neglected perspective on this trajectory emerges from the relationship of gender to genre and musical forms: this article seeks to initiate such an inquiry
Ancient history · Art · BENGAL · Bengali · Class (philosophy · Empire · Epistemology · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical · Point (geometry · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Visual arts · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · South Asian Cinema and Culture · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |