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Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : race and gender in the work of Zora Neale Hurston / Susan Edwards Meisenhelder.
Van Pelt Library PS3515.U789 Z785 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meisenhelder, Susan Edwards, 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hurston, Zora Neale--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hurston, Zora Neale.
- Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States.
- History.
- African American women in literature.
- African Americans in literature.
- Race relations in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Hurston, Zora Neale, 1901-1960--Criticism and interpretation.
- Local Subjects:
- Hurston, Zora Neale, 1901-1960--Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 258 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- "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."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- "Fractious" mules and covert resistance in Mules and men
- "Natural men" and "pagan poesy" in Jonah's gourd vine
- "Mink skin or coon hide" : the Janus-faced narrative of Their eyes were watching God
- The ways of white folks in Seraph on the Suwanee
- "Crossing over" and "heading back" : Black cultural freedom in Moses, man of the mountain
- "With a harp and a sword in my hand" : Black female identity in Dust tracks on a road
- The "trials" of Black women in the 1950s : Ruby McCollum and Laura Lee Kimble.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-251) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Meisenhelder, Susan Edwards, 1951- Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick.
- ISBN:
- 0817309659
- 9780817309657
- OCLC:
- 40135382
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