Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick
Subtitle: race and gender in the work of Zora Neale Hurston
By: Susan Edwards Meisenhelder.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Hurston, Zora Neale -- Criticism and interpretation.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; African American women in literature.; African Americans in literature.; Race relations in literature.; Sex role in literature.
Description: "Various critics have concluded that Zora Neale Hurston simply capitulated to external demands, writing stories white people wanted to hear. Susan Edwards Meisenhelder, however, argues that Hurston's response to her situation was much more sophisticated than her critics have recognized. Meisenhelder suggests, in fact, that Hurston's work, both fictional and anthropological, constitutes an extended critique of the values of white culture and a rejection of white models for black people.

Repeatedly, Hurston's work shows the divisive effects that traditional white values, including class divisions and gender imbalances, have on blacks."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-251) and index.