Title: Understanding Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God
First published: 1999
Description: Readings shed light on Hurston's novel. They demonstrate how African Americans fashioned themselves individually and collectively to combat racism, classism, and sexism, and present historical, political, and social commentary on the relationships between men and women as well as between blacks and whites. Included are interviews with people living at the time of Hurston's novel's publication, poetry, folk tales, and sermons.
Subjects: Sources, African Americans, Social life and customs, Race relations, Folklore, African American women in literature, Their eyes were watching God (Hurston), Their eyes were watching God, Examinations, Zeithintergrund, Study guides, Hurston, zora neale, 1901-1960, American fiction, african american authors, history and criticism, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, African americans in literature, African americans, social life and customs
Places: Florida
People: Zora Neale Hurston
LC classification: PS3515.U789 T638 1999