Women, violence & testimony in the works of Zora Neale Hurston
By: Diana Miles.
Series: African-American literature and culture ;; v. 3
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Hurston, Zora Neale -- Characters -- Women; Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Feminist fiction, American -- History and criticism; African American women in literature; Psychic trauma in literature; Witnesses in literature; Violence in literature; Women in literature
Description: "Zora Neale Hurston produced some of the most provocative literature of the twentieth century. This book examines the numerous scenes of violence against women in her fictional works and the development of her feminist ideals. This book is the first full-length discussion of Hurston's repetitive rendering of violently controlled women. It gives significant insight into why Hurston's themes often questioned the power dynamics of heterosexual relationships.

It also explores the effect of death and loss on Hurston's life and reveals intertwined relationships between writing and healing."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (P. [111]-117) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Intergenerational Trauma in Jonah's Gourd Vine 14; title: Chapter 2 Gender Relations and Testimony in Jonah's Gourd Vine 33; title: Chapter 3 Testimony and Reproduction in Their Eyes Were Watching God 47; title: Chapter 4 Sites of Rupture in Dust Tracks on a Road 65; title: Chapter 5 Hurston's Political Testimony: Trauma and Jim Crow 78.