미국 도망노예의 횡대서양 투어리즘 -윌리엄 웰스 브라운(William Wells Brown)의 여행기를 중심으로-

Abstract

Brown’s transatlantic tourism leads politicization of travel with relentless criticism on American racism by pointing out totally different racial attitudes of European societies. His transatlantic travel was the expansion of geographical mobility which Brown experienced as a slave, and he unveiled fugitive subjectivity with his own criteria of judging European historical and social landscapes. His travel writing was intended to break up racial stigma of black inferiority, while targeting transnational solidarity for abolition. Meanwhile, Brown strengthened his national affinity toward native land and racial solidarity with colored people during his stay in Europe. Although he recognized cosmopolitanism as an effective means to fight against racism, he was more close to black cosmopolitanism focusing on the common black experience of slavery. By widening his international experience and perspectives, he pursed transnational blackness with African descendents to achieve racial justice in America, and his transatlantic travel reinforced his resolution to make United States as his real home country.