Ravished Angels:

The Memsahib in 1857 Mutiny Fiction

Authors

  • Chaiti Mitra Associate Professor of English, Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, Kolkata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v7i.155

Abstract

In the ideology of the British Raj, the “civilized” and “refined” Englishwoman, in sharp contrast to the veiled and “degraded” Indian woman in need of rescue, was seen as a marker of British superiority. The memsahib or the colonial Englishwoman out on her “civilizing mission” has been considerably visible in Indian cinema…

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Published

01-12-2016

How to Cite

Mitra, C. . (2016). Ravished Angels:: The Memsahib in 1857 Mutiny Fiction. Crossings: A Journal of English Studies, 7, 8–15. https://doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v7i.155

Issue

Vol. 7 (2016)

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Copyright (c) 2016 Chaiti Mitra

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