Gendering the Rebellion of 1857
The ‘Loyal Indian Woman’ in ‘Mutiny Fiction’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9397353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Indrani Sen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 36-57 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indian Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0376-9836 • E-ISSN: 0975-5977 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/037698360703400203 |
| OpenAlex | W1949682288 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The colonial ‘Mutiny novel’ was a highly popular literary genre in the nineteenth century. An important trope that recurrently appeared in these writings was that of the ‘loyal Indian woman’. This was constituted in the figure of the devoted ayah, the loyal dancing girl and the English hero's faithful concubine/wife. Additionally, there was the trope of female friendship across the race divide. Far from being a reflection of existing social relations, however, this trope was a textual construct, shaped and reinforced by the exigencies of empire. It formed a part of the textual strategies deployed to address post-Rebellion insecurities and reinforce the hegemony of empire which the events of 1857 had seriously contested
Ancient history · Art · Colonialism · Empire · Girl · Hegemony · HERO · Literature · Mutiny · Political science · Politics · Romance · Sociology · Tamil · Trope (literature · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |