Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick
race and gender in the work of Zora Neale Hurston
by Susan Edwards Meisenhelder and Susan Meisenhelder
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"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.
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African Americans in literature, Race relations in literature, Criticism and interpretation, Sex role in literature, African American women in literature, Women and literature, History, Noirs américains, Ethnische Beziehungen, Critique et interprétation, Dans la littérature, Noires américaines dans la littérature, Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature, Racisme dans la littérature, Geschlechterrolle, Noirs américains dans la littérature, Histoire, Femmes et littérature, Rassenbeziehung (Motiv), Literature, history and criticism, Literature, black authors, Hurston, zora neale, 1901-1960, Costa Rican literature, Black authors, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretationhurston, zora neale, Women and literature--history, Women and literature--united states--history--20th century, Ps3515.u789 z785 1999, 813/.52People
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Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick: Race and Gender in the Works of Zora Neale Hurston
July 2001, Univ of Alabama Pr (Txt)
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Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Race and Gender in the Work of Zora Neale Hurston
June 18, 2001, University Alabama Press
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in English
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Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick: race and gender in the work of Zora Neale Hurston
1999, University of Alabama Press
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-251) and index.
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