1st Edition
The Assertive Woman in Zora Neale Hurston's Fiction, Folklore, and Drama
By Pearlie Mae Fisher Peters
Copyright 1998
200 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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Hurston was renowned for her portrayal of assertive women in her fiction, folklore, and drama. This book explores her development as an assertive woman and outspoken writer, emphasizing the impact of the African American oral traditions and vernacular speech patterns of Harlem, Polk County, and her hometown of Eatonville, Florida on the development of her personal and artistic voice. The study... Read more
Chapter 1 “Ah got de law in mah mouf”: Negotiating Respect in the Hurston Mold; Chapter 2 The Other Woman in Hurston’s Art: The Literary Foil to the Assertive Woman; Chapter 3 The Assertive Woman in Conversation and Combat: Dimensions of the Talking and Fighting Phenomenon; Chapter 4 Big Sweet, Polk County’s Queen of Talk and Song; Chapter 5 Big Sweet and the Talk Experience in the Jook; Chapter 6 Big Sweet in Polk County; Chapter 7 Laura Lee in “The Conscience of the Court”; Chapter 8 Missie May in “The Gilded Six Bits”; Chapter 9 Daisy in “Mule Bone” and The Domestic in “Story in Harlem Slang”; Chapter 10 Delia in “Sweat”; Chapter 11 Lucy in Jonah’s Gourd Vine; Chapter 12 Janie in Their Eyes Were Watching God;
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Pearlie Mae Fisher Peters
