
An Analysis of Zora Heale Hurston's Characteristics of Negro Expression
A critical analysis of African-American novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston'' 1934 essay Characteristics of Negro Expression: A crushing evaluation of the many racial prejudices of 1930s America, including a common presumption that African American art was unoriginal – merely poorly copying white culture.
Hurston’s approach and premises may seem in many ways dated to modern readers, but...
A critical analysis of African-American novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston'' 1934 essay Characteristics of Negro Expression: A crushing evaluation of the many racial prejudices of 1930s America, including a common presumption that African American art was unoriginal – merely poorly copying white culture.
Hurston’s approach and premises may seem in many ways dated to modern readers, but...