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Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God highlights the vitality of African American culture. This casebook demonstrates how African Americans fashioned themselves individually and collectively to combat racism, classism, and sexism. With provocative documents that contextualize the complex issues of the novel, Lester provides an excellent resource for students and teachers first approaching the excitement and cultural flavor that define Hurston's novels.
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NEAL A. LESTER is Professor of English at Arizona State University, where he teaches African American literature.
Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God highlights the vitality of African American culture. This casebook demonstrates how African Americans fashioned themselves individually and collectively to combat racism, classism, and sexism. With provocative documents that contextualize the complex issues of the novel, Lester provides an excellent resource for students and teachers first approaching the excitement and cultural flavor that define Hurston's novels.
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NEAL A. LESTER is Professor of English at Arizona State University, where he teaches African American literature.
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- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston on 42 pages
- The Book of Negro Folklore (Dodd, Mead Quality Paperback) by Langston Hughes on 4 pages
- Zora neale Hurston: Critical Perspectives Past And Present (Amistad Literary Series) by Henry L. Gates on 4 pages
- Black Folk: Then and Now; An Essay in the History and Sociology of the Negro Race. by William Edward Burghardt, Du Bois on 4 pages
- The Sanctified Church: The Folklore Writings of Zora Neale Hurston by Zora Neale Hurston on page 62, page 74, and Back Matter
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