Hitting A Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick : Race and Gender in the Work of Zora Neale Hurston.

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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 s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meisenhelder, Susan E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013.
Temas:
Hurston, Zora Neale > Criticism and interpretation.
Hurston, Zora Neale
1900-1999
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.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Relations raciales dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African American women in literature
African Americans in literature
Race relations in literature
Sex role in literature
Women and literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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