%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