Women, violence & testimony in the works of Zora Neale Hurston / Diana Miles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miles, Diana, 1957-

Series:

African-American literature and culture ; v. 3.

African-American literature and culture ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hurston, Zora Neale--Characters--Women.

Hurston, Zora Neale.

Feminism and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Feminism and literature.

United States.

History.

Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Feminist fiction, American--History and criticism.

Feminist fiction, American.

African American women in literature.

Psychic trauma in literature.

Witnesses in literature.

Violence in literature.

Women in literature.

Physical Description:

x, 124 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Women, violence and testimony in the works of Zora Neale Hurston

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, [2003]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Intergenerational Trauma in Jonah's Gourd Vine 14

Chapter 2 Gender Relations and Testimony in Jonah's Gourd Vine 33

Chapter 3 Testimony and Reproduction in Their Eyes Were Watching God 47

Chapter 4 Sites of Rupture in Dust Tracks on a Road 65

Chapter 5 Hurston's Political Testimony: Trauma and Jim Crow 78.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-117) and index.

ISBN:

0820457515

OCLC:

47844797