Social Rituals and the Verbal Art of Zora Neale

• Author(s): Lynda Marion Hill,
• Publisher: Howard University Press
• Pages: 269
• ISBN_10: 0882581880
  ISBN_13: 9780882581880
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black , Literary Criticism / Women Authors , Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Culture, Race & Ethnicity ,

Description:... In Social Rituals and the Verbal Art of Zora Neale Hurston, Dr. Hill examines Hurston's concept of "everyday-life drama" as a basis for understanding distinctive features of African-American folk expression. Readers familiar with Hurston's work will enjoy the unique way in which Dr. Hill analyzes Hurston's folklore as part of a process rather than simply as texts severed from their field-research context. Dr. Hill's use of performance as an analytical model that crosses disciplines - including folklore, anthropology, literature, theater, African-American studies, and women's studies - provides a unique window on Hurston's life and work.