Zora Neale Hurston's Literary and Cultural Influence
Zora Neale Hurston's Literary and Cultural Influence
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This collection of essays analyzes Zora Neale Hurston's impact as a literary and cultural influence.
The essays demonstrate a sweeping range in topics, from Hurston as a progenitor of literary humor and satire in African American literatureto her influence on pedagogy and original interpretations of her folktales and other works like “Sweat” and “Drenched in Light.”
Table of Contents
Preface
About the Contributors
Introduction
1. Obligatory and Alternative Sights/Sites: Gaze, Desire, and the Constraints of Heterosexual Marriages in Fauset and Hurston
Lauren Johnson (Northwestern University, USA)
2. Zora Neale Hurston and William Grant Still's “Caribbean Melodies”
Bianca Jackson (Alcorn State University, USA)
3. Oral Tradition and Cultural Documentation in Zora Neale Hurston's Ethnographic Fiction
Marina del Sol (Howard University, USA)
4. “A Dark Rock Surged Upon”: Navigating Race, Class, and Gender in College
Mary Pattillo (Northwestern University, USA)
5. blackplay (s) Hip-Hop Pedagogy and the Poetics
Johnny Jones (Simmons College of Kentucky, USA)
6. (Re)claiming Possibilities and Delights: A Comment on Zora Neale Hurston's “Drenched in Light”
Alison D. Ligon (Morehouse College, USA)
7. Hurston, Humor, and Contemporary African American Women's Literature
Jimisha Relerford (Howard University, USA)
8. Renderings of Madness in Folktales Collected by Zora Neale Hurston
Regis M. Fox (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
9. Their Eyes Were Watching Zora: The Storefront Porch Cypher
Rae Chesny
This chapter illuminates the intricate connections between Zora Neale Hurston's upbringing, Hip-Hop, and her pioneering anthropological and literary legacy.
10. Zora Neale Hurston and the Coded Word
Alice Nicholas (California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA)
11. Pandemic Pedagogy: Teaching the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston in the South Bronx
Anamaría Flores (City University of New York, USA)
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Introduction
1. Obligatory and Alternative Sights/Sites: Gaze, Desire, and the Constraints of Heterosexual Marriages in Fauset and Hurston
Lauren Johnson (Northwestern University, USA)
2. Zora Neale Hurston and William Grant Still's “Caribbean Melodies”
Bianca Jackson (Alcorn State University, USA)
3. Oral Tradition and Cultural Documentation in Zora Neale Hurston's Ethnographic Fiction
Marina del Sol (Howard University, USA)
4. “A Dark Rock Surged Upon”: Navigating Race, Class, and Gender in College
Mary Pattillo (Northwestern University, USA)
5. blackplay (s) Hip-Hop Pedagogy and the Poetics
Johnny Jones (Simmons College of Kentucky, USA)
6. (Re)claiming Possibilities and Delights: A Comment on Zora Neale Hurston's “Drenched in Light”
Alison D. Ligon (Morehouse College, USA)
7. Hurston, Humor, and Contemporary African American Women's Literature
Jimisha Relerford (Howard University, USA)
8. Renderings of Madness in Folktales Collected by Zora Neale Hurston
Regis M. Fox (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
9. Their Eyes Were Watching Zora: The Storefront Porch Cypher
Rae Chesny
This chapter illuminates the intricate connections between Zora Neale Hurston's upbringing, Hip-Hop, and her pioneering anthropological and literary legacy.
10. Zora Neale Hurston and the Coded Word
Alice Nicholas (California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA)
11. Pandemic Pedagogy: Teaching the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston in the South Bronx
Anamaría Flores (City University of New York, USA)
Bibliography
Product details
| Published | Nov 12 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9798216268598 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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