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The Great Rebellion of 1857 in India : Exploring Transgressions, Contests and Diversities
Biswamoy Pati
- pp 161-178
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In this article, Biswamoy Pati and Shashank S. Sinha discuss the role of women in the 1857 rebellion of Adivasis of Chotanagpur.Abstract:
1. Introduction: The Great Rebellion, Biswamoy Pati 2. 1857 and the Adivasis of Chotanagpur, Shashank S. Sinha 3. Remembering Gonoo: The Profile of an Adivasi Rebel of 1857, Sanjukta Dasgupta 4. Beyond Colonial Mapping: Common People, Fuzzy Boundaries and the Rebellion of 1857, Biswamoy Pati 5. Forests on Fire: The 1857 Rebellion in Tribal Andhra, B. Rama Chandra Reddy 6. Contested sites: The Prison, Penal Laws and the 1857 Revolt, Madhurima Sen 7. Courtesans and the 1857 Revolt: The Role of Azeezun in Kanpur, Lata Singh 8. Discourses of 'Gendered Loyalty': Constructing Indian Women in 'Mutiny' Fiction of the Nineteenth century, Indrani Sen 9. The 'Disposable' Brethren: European Marginals in Eastern India during the Great Rebellion, Sarmsitha De 10. Sanitizing Indigenous Memory: 1857 and Mughal Exile, Amar Farooqui 11. Ideas, Memories and Meanings: Adi Dravida Interpretations of the Impact of the 1857 Rebellion, Raj Shekhar Basuread more
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