Zora Neale Hurston padlet by Nathalia Gamez Perez

Who was her?

ngame721 — 2025-02-10 18:33:45 UTC

she was an American Folklorist, writer, anthropologist and a documentary filmmaker. she published researches about Caribbean vodou and hoodoo, she also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, an autobiography, ethnographies and many essays

Why is she known?

ngame721 — 2025-02-10 18:42:34 UTC

She's known for her research and writing. During all her lifetime the voices of African- American women were suppressed by the racism and sexism of the people at the time, she used her work as a writer to portray how Black American women had no right to express themselves, that's how she became a voice of African- American women during the Harlem renaissance. Her novels were not so recognized at the time, but 15 years after her death people started to have interest in theirs because of an article by Alice Walker called "a research of Zora Neale Hurston"

https://vc.bridgew.edu/honors_proj/546/#:~:text=During%20Hurston's%20lifetime%2C%20the%20voices,voice%20of%20African%20American%20women.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Neale_Hurston

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Why did I choose her?

ngame721 — 2025-02-10 18:46:55 UTC

I choose her because I was wondering how women lived the Harlem Renaissance and I think literature is an honest way to express your thoughts and experiences

Her relation with Harlem Renaissance period

ngame721 — 2025-02-11 20:59:54 UTC

She wrote about contemporary issues about the black community during the Harlem Renaissance and that's how she became an important figure. She wrote some satires and drew the African-American experience and racial division.

Influential work

ngame721 — 2025-02-12 17:24:49 UTC

One of her most influential books is "Their eyes were watching God". The novel talks about Jane Crawford, an African- American woman in the early 20th century.

other notable works:

Mules and Men (Collection of African- American folklore)

Dust Tracks on a Road (her autobiography)

Barracoon: The story of the last "black cargo "

Connection to today

ngame721 — 2025-02-12 17:52:01 UTC

Her critiques racism and sexism remain the resistance of women during the Harlem Renaissance, letting us know their perspective at the time and the issues they lived to have the rights and freedom they have today. Zara Neale Hurston is an example of resistance because even the thoughts of people at her time she continued expressing herself and being the voice of women of her race. Her book "Their eyes were watching God" is a great example of this because it portrays African women's perspectives and their struggles at the time.

https://www.arts.gov/initiatives/nea-big-read/their-eyes-were-watching-god