Race and Gender in the Work of Zora Neale Hurston.
Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2013.
1 online resource (273 pages)
Works CitedIndex.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-251) and index.
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. "Fractious" Mules and Covert Resistance in Mules and Men; 2. "Natural Men" and "Pagan Poesy" in Jonah's Gourd Vine; 3. "Mink Skin or Coon Hide": The Janus-faced Narrative of Their Eyes Were Watching God; 4. The Ways of White Folks in Seraph on the Suwanee; 5. "Crossing Over" and "Heading Back": Black Cultural Freedom in Moses, Man of the Mountain; 6. "With a Harp and a Sword in My Hand": Black Female Identity in Dust Tracks on a Road; 7. The "Trials" of Black Women in the 1950s: Ruby McCollum and Laura Lee Kimble; Conclusion; Notes.
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This comprehensive study examines the ways Hurston circumvented the constraints of the white publishing world and a predominantly white readership to critique white culture and its effects on the black community. Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is the first single-authored book-length study of Zora Neale Hurston and provides the most thorough and meticulous examination of her full body of work. A number of earlier critics have concluded that Hurston simply capitulated to external demands, writing stories white people wanted to hear. Susan Edward.
Hitting A Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick : Race and Gender in the Work of Zora Neale Hurston.
9780817309657
Hurston, Zora Neale-- Criticism and interpretation.
Hurston, Zora Neale.
African American women in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Race relations in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Women and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century.