%0 Journal Article
%T Travel as Subversion in 19<sup>th</sup> Century Black WomenĄŻs Narratives
%A Joyce Hope Scott
%J Advances in Literary Study
%P 105-121
%@ 2327-4050
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/als.2017.54009
%X Race and gender proved to be two daunting obstacles for African American and Afro-Caribbean women in the 19th century; thus success outside those domains often depended on womenĄŻs ability to keep a strong feminist stance. Prescribed female roles and racial prejudice hindered many in their ambitions and endeavors. This paper argues that some 19th century black womenĄŻs narratives, however, point to a body of resistance texts in contention with prescribed roles for such women. The textual personas of such narratives transcend the confines of home and racially-configured communities. In fact, the narratives foreground a female agency where personal worth and identities are reconstructed through traveling and working in the global arenas and economies of the 19th century world.
%K Black Women
%K Agency
%K Liminality
%K Transnational
%K Travel
%K Subversion
%K Narrative
%K Transgression
%K Travel/Travelers
%K Imperialism and Female Agency
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=79821