Book 1996

Social Rituals & the Verbal Art of Zora Neale Hurston

2 readers

Publisher: Howard University Press
Language: English
Published: 1996

American - General
Literary Criticism
American - African American

When Hurston published her essay "Characteristics of Negro Expression" in the 1934 anthology Negro, edited by Nancy Cunard, it was one of numerous contributions reflecting some of the perplexing issues related to race pervasive during a pivotal moment in U.S. history.