essay "The Rani of Sirmur"
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"The Rani of Sirmur" is a widely discussed essay by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that examines colonial archives, representation, and the silencing of subaltern women within imperial discourse.
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| essay "The Rani of Sirmur" canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
essay
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postcolonial studies text ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
cultural studies
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history ⓘ literary theory ⓘ women’s studies ⓘ |
| addresses |
gendered dimensions of colonial power
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methodological issues in reading colonial archives ⓘ the problem of speaking for the subaltern ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
demonstrate how subaltern women are doubly marginalized
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show the complicity of archival practices in silencing ⓘ |
| analyzes |
British colonial administrative records
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colonial historiography ⓘ |
| author | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
colonial knowledge production
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imperial discourse ⓘ the way colonial officials speak for colonized women ⓘ |
| discusses |
the absence of the Rani’s own voice
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the figure of the Rani as constructed in colonial texts ⓘ |
| examines |
how colonial archives construct native women
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the erasure of subaltern women from official records ⓘ the limits of historical knowledge about subaltern women ⓘ the politics of representation ⓘ the relationship between power and knowledge ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
feminist theory
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postcolonial theory ⓘ subaltern studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn | a Rani from Sirmur in colonial India ⓘ |
| genre | academic essay ⓘ |
| influenced |
postcolonial feminist scholarship
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subaltern studies scholarship ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s early postcolonial writings ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
colonial archives
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imperial discourse ⓘ representation ⓘ silencing of the subaltern ⓘ subaltern women ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Can the Subaltern Speak? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
colonial India
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the princely state of Sirmur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
Marxism
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deconstruction ⓘ feminism ⓘ poststructuralism ⓘ |
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