{"id":52,"date":"2017-06-19T21:10:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T02:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=52"},"modified":"2018-04-09T11:27:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T16:27:40","slug":"52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"Bhatia, Nandi. “The Courtesan as ‘Virangana’ in Contemporary Historical Drama: Tripurari Sharmas San Sattavan ka Qissa; Azizun Nisa.”\u00a0Performing Women\/Performing womanhood. Theatre, Politics, and Dissent in North India. Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 100-115."},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article, Bhatia examines the erasure of courtesans in Indian historical drama, focusing on dramatic depictions of the 1857 mutiny and contrasting the attention afforded to women such as the Rani of Jhansi and dalit viranganas (war heroines) with the relative invisibility of courtesan figures, arguing that \u201cthe courtesan faces neglect from both elite and subaltern reconstructions of the female heroes of 1857.\u201d Bhatia goes on to examine Tripurari Sharma\u2019s play, San Sattavan ka Qissa: Azizun Nisa<\/em>, which explores the role of Azizun Nisa, a courtesan and prominent combatant in the 1857 mutiny; by placing the focus on the courtesan figure, Sharma challenges and complicates the dominant narratives and myths surrounding 1857, alongside nationalist constructions of femininity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this article, Bhatia examines the erasure of courtesans in Indian historical drama, focusing on dramatic depictions of the 1857 mutiny and contrasting the attention afforded to women such as the Rani of Jhansi and dalit viranganas (war heroines) with the relative invisibility of courtesan figures, arguing that \u201cthe courtesan faces neglect from both elite Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[31,23,33,26,32],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance","tag-courtesan","tag-history","tag-nationalism","tag-secondary-source","tag-theatre"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t