Folkloric representation and extended context in the experimental ethnography of Zora Neale Hurston

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This article discusses the reliability and acceptability of fictionalized ethnography among anthropologists. The author, focusing on the work of Zora Neale Hurston, claims Hurston's ethnographic fiction had been controversial due to the unconventional forms of data gathering and depiction of culture, and argues that Hurston's works are very reliable representations of African-American folk culture.

Folklore, Culture, Women writers, Ethnology, Women authors

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Socioeconomics in selected short stories of Zora Neale Hurston

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The short stories of Zora Neale Hurston revolve around the socioeconomic structure of the fictional Eatonville, Florida. In Eatonville, the African Americans have little economic opportunity and women are forced into traditional roles. Hurston often focuses on women who defy tradition.

Women, Social classes, Social class, Critical Essay, American literature, African American literature, Short stories, American, American short stories

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Discerning nostalgia in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

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The article discusses the work of Zora Neale Hurston 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' that makes careful use of nostalgia and strategically has a look backwards. Hurston used it as a means of revisiting the trauma of slavery and reconstruction in the U.S. to envision a better future.

Slavery, Psychic trauma, Trauma (Psychology), Nostalgia, Their Eyes Were Watching God (Novel), Critical essay

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