Description - Uprising of 1857 by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones
Using rare archival material from the Alkazi Collection and supplementary visuals, the volume re-evaluates the official reading of the Uprising. The 'sepoy revolt' was among the first fully photographed wars in the history of documentary photography in India. This volume offers multiple perspectives on the 'Ghadar' or Uprising of 1857, and deconstructs the grand narratives associated with colonial historiography. Using rare archival photographs from the Alkazi Collection, together with supplementary visual material, these essays re-evaluate the 'evidence' and official reading of the Uprising. Linked accounts negotiate 'Mutiny' landscapes and architecture: the internal dynamic of the rebellion decoded through topography and monuments, including memorials, cemeteries, churches and forts, as well as the sites of appalling atrocity and retribution-besieged barracks, burning villages, gallows at crossroads, and looted palaces. Along with rebels, British troops and their determined generals, and various professional and amateur photographers caught up in documenting the turbulence, the dramatic vista of the Uprising in these essays is also inhabited by a range of significant characters central to the action, including the warrior queen Lakshmi Bai, the exiled last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar and the poet Mirza Ghalib. Published in association with the Alkazi Collection of Photography. With contributions by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, Shahid Amin, Zahid Chaudhary, Susan Gole, Mahmood Farooqui, Nayanjot Lahiri, Tapti Roy, Stephanie Roy Bharath and Andrew Ward. AUTHOR: Rosie Llewellyn-Jones read Urdu and Hindi at the School of Oriental and African Studies. She has written extensively on India during the colonial period, and edited Lucknow, City of Illusion, the first book in the ACP series (2006). She is the Secretary of the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia and the editor of its journal, Chowkidar. 150 photographs
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