Ain't I an anthropologist : Zora Neale Hurston beyond the literary icon /

"Iconic as a novelist and popular cultural figure, Zora Neale Hurston remains underappreciated as an anthropologist. Is it inevitable that Hurston's literary authority should eclipse her anthropological authority? If not, what sociocultural and institutional values and processes shape the...

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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsman: Freeman Marshall, Jennifer L., 1968- (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Licensed eBooks
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]
Serie:New Black studies series.
Länkar:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3469550
Innehållsförteckning:
  • Introduction: "Twice as Much Praise or Twice as Much Blame"
  • On Firsts, Foremothers, and "The Walker Effect"
  • Signifying "Texts": The Race for Hurston
  • Deconstructing an Icon: Tradition and Authority"
  • Ain't I an Anthropologist?
  • "Mules and Men: "Negro folklore . . . is still in the making"
  • "Burning spots": Reading Tell My Horse
  • Epilogue: On Icons, Interdisciplines, and Communities