Zora Neale Hurston: The Breath of Her Voice Contributor(s): Karanja, Ayana I. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820428574 ISBN-13: 9780820428574 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $51.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2000 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
Dewey: 813.52 |
LCCN: 95022322 |
Series: Africa-American Literary Investigations |
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.04" W x 9.02" (0.56 lbs) 178 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Filtered through black womanist perspectives, Zora Neale Hurston: The Breath of Her Voice breaks new ground through innovation and imagination, by fusing interpretive methods in ethnographic writing and literary studies. Intrinsically referencing contemporary epistemological issues in ethnographic writing and literary canonicity, Dr. Karanja illuminates fragments of Hurston's life through an exploration of her novels and folklore collections. In doing so, she bridges disciplines to construct a postmodern text that speaks directly and formidably to oral literature and to the writer's and reader's collaboration in the production of textual meanings. |