Zora Neale Hurston / Ana Gretel Echazú Böschemeier and Peti Mama Gomes

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Böschemeier, Ana Gretel Echazú, 1981- Author.

Gomes, Peti Mama, author.

Series:

Anthropology's ancestors ; v. 9.

Anthropology's ancestors ; volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hurston, Zora Neale.

African Americans--Social conditions--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Race identity.

Folklorists--United States.

Folklorists.

African American anthropologists.

Women anthropologists--United States.

Women anthropologists.

African American women authors.

Authors, American--20th century.

Authors, American.

Hurston, Zora Neale--Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2026

Summary:

Uniquely Positioned & Freshly Celebrated: Standing out as the only short biography dedicated to Zora Neale Hurston's anthropological contributions, this accessible volume brings renewed visibility to a vital yet long overlooked figure in the social sciences. Courageous Trailblazer Reappraised: As one of the first Black anthropologists navigating a field steeped in racial bias, Hurston's ground.

Contents:

Introduction : Tracing diasporas in a colonised world

Steps of a chronology

Early life (1891-1919)

At the margins (1920-1930)

A glass ceiling (1931-1956)

Barracoon, a case study

Her last days (1957-1960)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed May 27, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Böschemeier, Ana Gretel Echazú, 1981- Zora Neale Hurston

ISBN:

9781836953494

1836953496

9781836953500

183695350X

OCLC:

1589182559

Publisher Number:

CIPO000380212

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license