Dis-Orienting Interactions: Agatha Christie, Imperial Tourists, and the Other
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu15229533531926112021-08-03T07:05:52Z Dis-Orienting Interactions: Agatha Christie, Imperial Tourists, and the Other Linares, Trinidad British and Irish Literature Comparative Literature Ethnic Studies Gender Studies Gender Literature Minority and Ethnic Groups Modern Literature Orientalism Agatha Christie cultural and literary tourism The Man in the Brown Suit Caribbean Mystery They Came to Baghdad Death on the Nile Appointment with Death imperial feminism postcolonial feminism race gender mystery popular culture This postcolonial feminist analysis of Agatha Christie novels uses the activity of tourism. In order to narrow the study of Christie's work, I concentrated on Western tourists (mainly English and American) in non-Western locations such as the Middle East, the Caribbean, and South Africa. The tourists are of different social classes, but by narrowing these white Westerners by activity and behaviors performed according to that activity my research provides a more targeted approach. Focusing on The Man in the Brown Suit, Appointment with Death, Death on the Nile, Caribbean Mystery, and They Came to Baghdad, which have specifically tourist interactions with locals and tour workers, my research shows not only Orientalist attitudes presented by the protagonists and narrators, but also how such perspectives are questioned by those they other in the stories. Examining the behaviors of tourists through a postcolonial feminist lens illuminates the subject of gendered orientalism and imperial feminism¿Western women are championed, often at the expense of people of color.Christie's life experiences, especially those related to her second husband's archaeological work in the Middle East, challenged some of her views on the superiority of the British empire and that played out in her books. Therefore, while her older protagonists like Miss Marple remained conservative and hierarchical, Victoria Jones from They Came to Baghdad could see a commonality with the people of Iraq beyond race and culture. Although they never took center stage, the people of color spoke back to the Westerners in a number of her novels, thus rupturing their perceived lack of agency. Christie's work may romanticize the bygone days of British power, but there are enough cracks of modernity to allow the Other to shine through. 2018-04-17 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1522953353192611 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1522953353192611 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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British and Irish Literature Comparative Literature Ethnic Studies Gender Studies Gender Literature Minority and Ethnic Groups Modern Literature Orientalism Agatha Christie cultural and literary tourism The Man in the Brown Suit Caribbean Mystery They Came to Baghdad Death on the Nile Appointment with Death imperial feminism postcolonial feminism race gender mystery popular culture |
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