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Gholi A, Marandi S M. Ambivalent Vision in Annemarie Schwarzenbach’s all the roads are open: A Critical Reading. JCALS 2024; 1 (2) : 1
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Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Full Professor, Department of English Language, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Email: mmarandi@ut.ac.ir
Ahmad Gholi (Corresponding Author), Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Humanities and Physical Education, Gonbad Kavous University, Gonbad Kavous, Iran. Email: ahmadgholi@gonbad.ac.ir
Ahmad Gholi (Corresponding Author), Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Humanities and Physical Education, Gonbad Kavous University, Gonbad Kavous, Iran. Email: ahmadgholi@gonbad.ac.ir
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Travel writing, once a marginalized genre, gained critical recognition following Edward Said’s Orientalism. This genre flourished during the interwar period, with literary figures like Annemarie Schwarzenbach contributing significantly to its development. Despite its literary value, Schwarzenbach’s travelogue has been largely neglected by scholars. Responding to Said’s call for an exploration of Swiss Orientalism, this study critically examines Schwarzenbach’s work using a refined version of Said’s framework. The analysis reveals that Schwarzenbach’s vision of the Orient is marked by ambivalence, rooted in a conflict between her Orientalist perspective and her genuine engagement with the cultures she encounters. This ambivalence manifests in her critique of Orientalist stereotypes—such as the supposed depravity of indigenous peoples and their allegedly unsanitary culinary practices—while simultaneously romanticizing the "travellees" as noble savages and linking their cuisine to the sensual allure of the Orient. Additionally, her expressed solidarity with oppressed nomads is counterbalanced by her use of Orientalist notions of nomadism. Finally, the study shows how she intertwines her adventurous vision of the East with a suspension of hermeneutical interpretation.
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Received: 2024/01/10 | Accepted: 2024/03/5 | Published: 2024/07/1
Received: 2024/01/10 | Accepted: 2024/03/5 | Published: 2024/07/1
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