| Description |
xiii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-174) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Mobile subjectivity, embodied labor -- Journeys and warnings : Nancy Prince's resistant truth telling in New England, Russia, and Jamaica -- Traveling medicine chest : Mary Seacole "plays doctor" at colonial crossroads in Panama and the Crimea -- Encountering hybridity : Margaret Fuller and America in transition -- Coda. Lighting out for other territories : journeys across cultures, genres, and canons. |
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Travelers' writings, American -- History and criticism.
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Travelers' writings, American. |
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American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American prose literature -- Women authors. |
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Americans -- Foreign countries -- History -- 19th century.
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Americans -- Foreign countries. |
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Women travelers -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Women travelers -- Biography. |
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Women, Black -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Women, Black. |
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Biography. |
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Travel writing -- History -- 19th century.
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Travel writing. |
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Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850 -- Travel.
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Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850. |
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Travel. |
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Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881 -- Travel.
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Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881. |
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Prince, Nancy, 1799- -- Travel.
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Prince, Nancy, 1799- |
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Travel in literature.
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Travel in literature. |
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Narration (Rhetoric) |
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
| ISBN |
081302711X cloth acid-free paper |
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